Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird.
A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice.
But woman brings disorder into society through passion.
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.
A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
I declare, on my soul and conscience, that the attainment of power, or of a great name in literature, seemed to me an easier victory than a success with some young, witty, and gracious lady of high degree.