1.
Coquetry is the art of successful deception.
Louise Colet
2.
The laws of decency enforce themselves.
Louise Colet
3.
Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.
Louise Colet
4.
Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.
Louise Colet
5.
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.
Louise Colet
6.
Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.
Louise Colet
7.
The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.
Louise Colet
8.
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.
Louise Colet
9.
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.
Louise Colet
10.
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.
Louise Colet
11.
It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.
Louise Colet
12.
Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!
Louise Colet
