From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts.
Honore de BalzacA wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is, so to speak, only man's appendage; consequently, slice, cut, clip her, you have all rights to her.
Honore de Balzac