Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.
Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.
Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.
No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.