Tis a sort of coquetry to boast that we never coquet.
“If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.”
“Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.”
“Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.”
“Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.”
“All women seem by nature to be coquettes.”
“Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.”
“The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.”
“Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.”
“I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!”
