Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.
That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.
Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.
Over-niceness may be under-niceness.
Whom we fear more than love, we are not far from hating.
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.