Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.
We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.
Over-niceness may be under-niceness.
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
Platonic love is platonic nonsense.
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition.