Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.
Samuel JohnsonDifferences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger.
Samuel JohnsonWe may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.
Samuel Johnson