"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?"
- Helen Rowland
"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. "
- François Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
"The coquets of both sexes are self-lovers, ...