A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If read more

A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much read more

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up

A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - read more

A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest.

Men are easy to get but hard to keep.

Men are easy to get but hard to keep.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even read more

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as read more

. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength.

All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one read more

All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does read more

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.