He who could make a logical sorites out of feminine intuitions could make a philosophical system out of nautical almanacs. And yet, probably,
Could we only determine her orbit, a woman's intuitions are as exact as the paths of the planets. Unfortunately,
Such are the perturbations to which a woman's orbit is exposed that no masculine astronomy can construct its ephemeris. Alack, How many anxious star-gazers are there among men! The orbit of the ordinary male man it is not as difficult for a woman to compute, inasmuch as
The ordinary male man revolves unusually about two foci: his Appetites; and his Ambitions.—Which is the major and which the minor . . . . However,
You may trust women to know when he is in peri-and when in aphelion.
Many a spouse has no difficulty in explaining away to her lord actions about the character of which even his initiate friends have no shadow of doubt. For
A woman's perception is preternatural. But no; it is natural enough, since
From the days of the first woman to the days of the New one, love, its wiles and its whims, has been the serious business of woman.
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Women know much better than men that stolen bread is sweetest. In consequence,