It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.

It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.

Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.

Coquetry is the art of successful deception.

When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.

Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.

The laws of decency enforce themselves.