Only emotion can cope with emotion; reason but beats the air. Wherefore,
A wise man will neither oppose nor appeal to a woman through reason.
* * *
Who can penetrate to the motives of a woman's coaxings? Yet
Foolish is the man who questions the motives of a woman's coaxings. Yet
Not to be sure of a woman's coaxings—not upon this side Phlegethon is there a more poignant position.
* * *
In loving one woman a man believes in all women. And
Not till a woman is loved are her finger-tips objects of devoutest worship. On the other hand,
It cannot be said that in loving one man a woman believes in all men.
Which little distinction is proof, perhaps, that
Love blinds the eyes of men, but opens the eyes of women. In other words,