The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.
Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.
An inconstant woman is one who is no longer in love; a false woman is one who is already in love with another person; a fickle woman is she who neither knows whom she loves nor whether she loves or not; and the indifferent woman, one who does not love at all.