Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.
The road to the inn is much better than the stay.
Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.