§ 18.
Woman is at once the serpent, the apple—and the belly-ache.
§ 19.
Cold mutton-stew; a soiled collar; breakfast in dress clothes; a wet house-dog, over-affectionate; the other fellow’s tooth-brush; an echo of “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay”; the damp, musty smell of an empty house; stale beer; a mangy fur coat; Katzenjammer; false teeth; the criticism of Hamilton Wright Mabie; boiled cabbage; a cocktail after dinner; an old cigar butt; ... the kiss of Evelyn after the inauguration of Eleanor.
§ 20.
Whenever a woman begins to talk of anything, she is talking to, of, or at a man.
§ 21.
The worst man hesitates when choosing a mother for his children. And hesitating, he is lost.
§ 22.