Full wise is he that can himselven knowe.
In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
Lat take a cat, and fostre him wel with milk, And tendre flesh, and make his couche of silk, And let him seen a mous go by the wal; Anon he weyveth milk, and flesh, and al, And every deyntee that is in that hous, Swich appetyt hath he to ete a mous.
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
In the stars is written the death of every man.
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.