* * *

Women know their sex.--Which, if it is a truism, is a truism that men
often forget. And

Few things permit a man to see so far into the subtleties and intricacies
of feminine hearts as a squabble between two of them over himself.

* * *

A man in defeat generally turns to woman. A woman in defeat is either
scornful, silent, or both.

A man, in depression, falls back upon his only weapon: brute force. A
woman, in like circumstances, does the same. But her weapon is personal
charm.

* * *

In matters amatory and maternal, a woman will risk more than will a man.
In fact,

In matters amatory and maternal, woman is the truly combative animal.

* * *

Many are the members of the one sex that are entrapped by the wiles of
the other; but it often happens that the entrapper afterwards rues the
capture as much as--or even more than--the entrapped. So, it often
happens that