"Oh! probably Cato was unlucky in love, Monsieur Ménard."
"Saint Bernard calls woman the organum diaboli."
"But Confucius declares that a woman's mind is the masterpiece of the Creator."
"Juvenal says that the thought of vengeance has more attraction for a woman than for a man."
"Which proves, Monsieur Ménard, that she bears some resemblance to the gods."
"And Origen says: 'Woman is the key to sin.'"
"I had always supposed that she was only the lock."
"Agnès Sorel enfeebled the courage of Charles VII."
"And another woman restored it."
"Joanna of Naples caused her husband to be strangled."