“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”

“Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.”

“People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.”

“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.”

“Tis a sort of coquetry to boast that we never coquet.”

“Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.”

“Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.”