By de l’Enclos
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.
By Anne Morton Barnard
A prison, plus “love”, is tyranny with its crown carefully hidden.
Mrs. W. K. Clifford
Why should man, who is strong, always get the best of it, and be forgiven so much; and woman who is weak, get the worst, and be forgiven so little?
By George Eliot
The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her own beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return.
By Marguerite de Valois