(10.) A handsome face is the finest of all sights, and the sweetest music is the sound of the voice of the woman we love.
(11.) Fascination is despotic; beauty is something more tangible and independent of opinion.
(12.) A man can feel his heart touched by certain women of such perfect beauty and such transcendent merit that he is satisfied with only seeing them and conversing with them.
(13.) A handsome woman, who possesses also the qualities of a man of culture, is the most agreeable acquaintance a man can have, for she unites the merits of both sexes.
(14.) A young lady accidentally says many little things which are clearly convincing, and greatly flatter those to whom they are addressed. Men say almost nothing accidentally; their endearments are premeditated; they speak, act, and are eager to please, but convince less.
(15.) Handsome women are more or less whimsical; those whims serve as an antidote, so that their beauty may do less harm to men, who, without such a remedy, would never be cured of their love.
(16.) Women become attached to men through the favours they grant them, but men are cured of their love through those same favours.
(17.) When a woman no longer loves a man, she forgets the very favours she has granted him.
(18.) A woman with one gallant thinks she is no coquette; she who has several thinks herself but a coquette.
A woman avoids being a coquette if she steadfastly loves a certain person, but she is not thought sane if she persists in a bad choice.