No class of man is altogether bad; but each has its own faults and virtues.
But it is odd enough, the very women who profess most contempt for mankind as a sex seem to find even its ugliest particulars rather lively and high-minded in their own sons.
To cling to what is left of any damaged quality is virtue in the man.
But we have no bravery nowadays, and, even in books, must all pretend to be as dull and foolish as our neighbours.
It always warms a man to see a woman brave.