It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.
Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.
Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.
Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.
A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.