Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more comfortable to our natures.

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.