We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.