- How great the Contraction of the Fingers must be before it amounts to a Squeeze by the Hand.
- What can be properly termed an absolute Denial from a Maid, and what from a Widow.
- What Advances a Lover may presume to make, after having received a Patt upon his Shoulder from his Mistress's Fan.
- Whether a Lady, at the first Interview, may allow an Humble Servant to kiss her Hand.
- How far it may be permitted to caress the Maid in order to succeed with the Mistress.
- What Constructions a Man may put upon a Smile, and in what Cases a Frown goes for nothing.
- On what Occasions a sheepish Look may do Service, &c.
As a farther Proof of his Skill, he has also sent me several Maxims in Love, which he assures me are the Result of a long and profound Reflection, some of which I think my self obliged to communicate to the Publick, not remembering to have seen them before in any Author.
- 'There are more Calamities in the World arising from Love than from Hatred.
- Love is the Daughter of Idleness, but the Mother of Disquietude.