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The laws of decency enforce themselves.
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.
Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.
Coquetry is the art of successful deception.
Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!
It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.
Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.
Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.
The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.
You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.