In all ill-mated marriages, the fault is less the woman’s than the man’s, as the choice depended on her the least.
By Marguerite de Valois
There are women so hard to please that it seems as if nothing less than an angel will suit them; hence it comes that they often meet with devils.
By Mme. Bachi
Men bestow compliments only on women who deserve none.
By Mme. de Rieux
Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty, and women their happiness.
By Mme. de Flahaut
Manners, morals, customs change; the passions are always the same.