Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.
Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
I am a galley slave to pen and ink.
Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.
Women themselves are so happy, and so beautiful, when they're strong, that they naturally choose powerful men, even if that power's so enermous there's a real risk it could shatter them.