Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius