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Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... read more
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her read more
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military read more
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to read more
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.
It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.
It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.