Many are the refined and gentle women who in after life regret that they did not more openly cope with their less delicately-minded sisters. Nevertheless,

Nothing is more astonishing than a woman's tact in encouraging a man.

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In courtship modulated and musical tones count for much. Who with harsh speech would assail a lady's ear?

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No woman thinks she can be wooed too often. And

Few women can forgo an opportunity to fascinate.

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In courtship the woman is the whole world to the man; in matrimony the man is the whole world to the woman.

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