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

The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.

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

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.

Coquetry is the art of successful deception.

Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.