Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.
When once estrangement has arisen between those who truly love each other, everything seems to widen the breach.
Why is it so difficult to love wisely, so easy to love too well?
A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.
A priest can achieve great victories with an army of women at his command.
Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.