It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.