361.—Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it.
362.—Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake, as to show they were worthy of being beloved.
363.—The evils we do to others give us less pain than those we do to ourselves.
364.—We well know that it is bad taste to talk of our wives; but we do not so well know that it is the same to speak of ourselves.
365.—There are virtues which degenerate into vices when they arise from Nature, and others which when acquired are never perfect. For example, reason must teach us to manage our estate and our confidence, while Nature should have given us goodness and valour.
366.—However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others.
367.—There are few virtuous women who are not tired of their part.
["Every woman is at heart a rake."—Pope. Moral Essays, ii.]
368.—The greater number of good women are like concealed treasures, safe as no one has searched for them.
369.—The violences we put upon ourselves to escape love are often more cruel than the cruelty of those we love.