Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns.

In a husband, there is only a man; in a married woman, there is a man, a father, a mother and a woman.

Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.

In all lands, sailors form a race apart. They profess a congenital contempt for landlubbers. As for the tradesman, he understands nothing of sailors nor cares a fig about them. He is content to rob them if he can.

Pure herring oil is the port wine of English cats

Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.

To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?