Louise Colet
Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.Collection: Heart
The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.Collection: Mirrors
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.Collection: Memories
The laws of decency enforce themselves.Collection: Law
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.Collection: Men
It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.Collection: Half
Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.Collection: Manners
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.Collection: Pain
Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.Collection: Art
Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!Collection: Enthusiasm
Coquetry is the art of successful deception.Collection: Art
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.Collection: Greatness