I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.
Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.
distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.
The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.
Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.