2052
Alas! I am but woman, fond and weak
Without even power my proud, pure love to speak;
But oh, by all I fail in, love not me
For what I am, but what I wish to be.
2053
Manners, not jewels, are a woman's ornament.
2054
The woman who really wishes to refuse an aspirant to her hand contents herself with saying, No. She who explains, wants to be convinced.
2055
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.
—Shakespeare.