To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.

To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.

It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
[Fr., read more

It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
[Fr., C'est chose qui moult me deplaist,
Quand poule parle et coq se taist.]

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she read more

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to read more

Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved

The virtue of her lively looks
Excels the precious stone;
I wish to have none other books
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The virtue of her lively looks
Excels the precious stone;
I wish to have none other books
To read or look upon.

You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and read more

You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and thought
As also in birth and death.

But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.

But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.