Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love.
A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.
Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love.
Firmness is great; persistency is greater.