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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO LETTERS

I—A Hazardous Undertaking

II—Why Love Is Dangerous

III—Why Love Grows Cold

IV—The Spice of Love

V—Love and Temper

VI—Certain Maxims Concerning Love

VII—Women Expect a Quid Pro Quo from Men

VIII—The Necessity for Love and Its Primitive Cause

IX—Love Is a Natural Inclination

X—The Sensation of Love Forms a Large Part of a Woman's Nature

XI—The Distinction Between Love and Friendship

XII—A Man in Love Is an Amusing Spectacle

XIII—Vanity Is a Fertile Soil for Love

XIV—Worth and Merit Are Not Considered in Love

XV—The Hidden Motives of Love

XVI—How to Be Victorious in Love

XVII—Women Understand the Difference Between Real Love and Flirtation

XVIII—When a Woman Is Loved She Need Not Be Told of It

XIX—Why a Lover's Vows Are Untrustworthy

XX—The Half-way House to Love

XXI—The Comedy of Contrariness

XXII—Vanity and Self-Esteem Obstacles to Love

XXIII—Two Irreconcilable Passions in Woman

XXIV—An Abuse of Credulity Is Intolerable

XXV—Why Virtue Is So Often Overcome

XXVI—Love Demands Freedom of Action

XXVII—The Heart Needs Constant Employment

XXVIII—Mere Beauty Is Often of Trifling Importance

XXIX—The Misfortune of Too Sudden an Avowal

XXX—When Resistance is Only a Pretence

XXXI—The Opinion and Advice of Monsieur de la Sablière

XXXII—The Advantages of a Knowledge of the Heart

XXXIII—A Heart Once Wounded No Longer Plays with Love

XXXIV—Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

XXXV—The Heart Should Be Played Upon Like the Keys of a Piano

XXXVI—Mistaken Impressions Common to All Women

XXXVII—The Allurements of Stage Women

XXXVIII—Varieties of Resistance Are Essential

XXXIX—The True Value of Compliments Among Women

XL—Oratory and Fine Phrases Do Not Breed Love

XLI—Discretion Is Sometimes the Better Part of Valor

XLII—Surface Indications in Women Are Not Always Guides

XLIII—Women Demand Respect

XLIV—Why Love Grows Weak—Marshal de Saint-Evremond's Opinion

XLV—What Favors Men Consider Faults

XLVI—Why Inconstancy Is Not Injustice

XLVII—Cause of Quarrels Among Rivals

XLVIII—Friendship Must Be Firm

XLIX—Constancy Is a Virtue Among Narrow Minded

L—Some Women Are Very Cunning

LI—The Parts Men and Women Play

LII—Love Is a Traitor with Sharp Claws

LIII—Old Age Not a Preventive Against Attack

LIV—A Shrewd But Not an Unusual Scheme

LV—A Happy Ending

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