It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.
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.
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.
The laws of decency enforce themselves.