Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

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

The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.

Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.