The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou deye a martir, go to hevene.
Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.
There's never a new fashion but it's old.
In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.