The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.