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| A woman of honor should not suspect another of things she would not do herself. | 1 |
| Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is. | 2 |
| Blushes cannot be counterfeited. | 3 |
| Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue. | 4 |
| Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom. | 5 |
| 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. | 6 |
| Gold adulterated one thing only—the human heart. | 7 |
| Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart. | 8 |
| I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself. | 9 |
| In love as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken. | 10 |
| It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art. | 11 |
| It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken. | 12 |
| Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force. | 13 |
| Tears may be dried up, but the heart never. | 14 |
| Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength. | 15 |
| The cup of joy is heaviest when empty. | 16 |
| There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love. | 17 |
| 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. | 18 |
| There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality. | 19 |
| Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous. | 20 |
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