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

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.

Coquetry is the art of successful deception.

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

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.