The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
Women know not the whole of their coquetry.
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?
It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.
If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.
To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.
In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,-O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes! When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar; In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar!
A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses.
Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
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