Man is a many-sided creature: he will reflect many different rays; but it
is only under the ray that pierces the surface and irradiates the
interior that he truly glows.

* * *

Woman does not lean upon man because she is inferior, but rather because
she is his supporter; just as

The buttress leans upon the building; but the building would fall without
the buttress. That is,

Woman's dependence upon man is his chief source of strength. Those who
cannot understand this may be left to their ignorance.
* * *

It is not all women who comprehend the exaltation of mind into which some
men are thrown by their presence. Indeed,

Men put a higher value upon a woman's complaisance than she does herself.
To a women, feminine concession appear trivial. Is it any wonder, then,
that

Woman calls man's jealousy unreasonable? In reality,

The affianced man thinks he has gotten him an angel from heaven. It is
not within the bounds of mortal male comprehension that such an angel
should sully her wings.