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.]

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses

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.

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.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the read more

A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the breath of men away
Who gaze upon her unaware:
I would not play her larcenous tricks
To have her looks!

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

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