Louise Colet quotes:

Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.

Coquetry is the art of successful deception.

Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!

Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.

Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.

Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.

Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.

It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.

The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.

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.