The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.
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.
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.
Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.