None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.