A coquette is one that is never to be persuaded out of the passion she has to please, nor out of a good opinion of her own beauty: time and years she regards as things that only wrinkle and decay other women, forgetting that age is written in the face, and that the same dress which became her when she was young now only makes her look older.

The reason that women do not love one another is - men.

Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear; she should mercifully choose between the two.

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.