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A woman of honor should not suspect another of things she would not do herself. - [Suspicion] Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is. - [Bashfulness] Blushes cannot be counterfeited. - [Blushes] Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue. - [Delicacy] Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom. - [Excitement] God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse. - [Courtship] Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart. - [Gold] Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart. - [Age] I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself. - [Pleasure] In love as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken. - [Love] It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art. - [Art] It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken. - [Flirting] Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force. - [Servitude] Tears may be dried up, but the heart never. - [Heart] Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength. - [Temptation] The cup of joy is heaviest when empty. - [Joy] There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love. - [Wedlock] There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils. - [Caprice] There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality. - [Appearance] Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous. - [Disappointment]
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