Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.