Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What read more

Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What an inviting hell invented.

On one she smiles, and he was blest;
She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
But 'twas not read more

On one she smiles, and he was blest;
She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,
Fair child!--it was the bliss within.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a read more

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract read more

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of read more

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the
shell of a tortoise, to signify read more

Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the
shell of a tortoise, to signify two great duties of a virtuous
woman, which are to keep home and be silent.

Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms

Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms