Love can never be sure of itself--much less of anything else.
Accordingly
The marriage contract is a device on the part of the community to provide
for the preservation of the home: it makes the parties promise fidelity.)
But
Precious few are the men who are worth the risking. Unfortunately,
More women succumb to strength of will than to strength of character.
Neither, in general, are women overcurious to enquire whether the
strength of character.
Neither, in general, are women over curious to enquire whether the
strength of the masculine will makes for good or for evil.
So long as the masculine will overmaster the feminine, the feminine mind
is satisfied. Of course there are exceptions, but as a rule,
Women--whether young or old, married or single, strong-minded or weak--
are never happier than when they can depend on a man. Accordingly,
The lover or the husband who is weaker than, and depends upon, the woman,
will some day rue his weakness and dependence. And yet,
To see a strong male at her feet--that is exquisite to the woman. So
exquisite that
It is with difficulty that a woman refrains from exhibiting a man's
servitude to others. On the other hand,
There is an element of intimidation in a resplendent woman. And of this
she is aware.--Hence perhaps her power.
* * *
A woman will attain her ends by adroit finesse, where a man would blunder
into open hostility. And
It is well that man should blind his eyes to feminine wiles, since,
Always a woman kindly pretends oblivion of masculine blunders.
* * *
The woman whose tastes and refinements are above her station, is
in pitiable plight: she is too fastidious to espouse the men who would
marry her; the men she would marry she rarely meets. For,
The only thing that, to love, is insupportable is vulgarity. Since
Love, romantic love, the efflorescence and bloom of life, is besmirched
unless tenderly touched.
* * *
To generalize passes the wit of woman; but in penetration she is
preternatural.
* * *
What fascinates a woman is the man who unwittingly attracts her against
her will. But such a man rouses a combination of emotions comprehensible
only by women.
* * *
A woman's answer to an insuperable argument is: a look. And a most
cogent answer it is. Indeed,
Speech is a woman's least effective weapon; rarely if ever does she
resort to it:
In the affairs of life, as in the affairs of love, where men be
concerned, it is upon her personality that she relies, not upon her
speech whether written or uttered.
Her personal appearance is to a woman, what his personal honor is to a
man: it must be immaculate; constant with the fashion of the hour; and
strictly in accordance with her or his status in society. Accordingly,