Like all the other fruits placed on earth for the delectation of men, the most beautiful women are not always the best and the most delicious.
In the heroic times of chivalry men drew their swords for the sake of women; in these modern prosaic ones they draw their cheques.
Women entertain but little respect for men who have blind confidence in their love and devotion; they much prefer those who feel that they have to constantly keep alive the first and deserve the second.
A woman can take the measure of a man in half the time it takes a man to have the least notion of a woman.
There are three kinds of men: those who will come across temptations and resist them, those who will avoid them for fear of succumbing, and those who seek them. Among the first are to be found only men whose love for a woman is the first consideration of their lives.