He had placed himself at her feet so long that the poor little
woman had been accustomed to trample upon him. She didn't wish to
marry him, but she wished to keep him. She wished to give him
nothing, but that he should give her all. It is a bargain not
unfrequently levied in love.--_Vanity Fair._


Every woman would rather be beautiful, than be anything else in the
world,--ever so rich, or ever so good, or have all the gifts of the
fairies.--_The Virginians._


If a man is in grief, who cheers him; in trouble, who consoles
him; in wrath, who soothes him; in joy, who makes him doubly happy;
in prosperity, who rejoices; in disgrace, who backs him against the
world, and dresses with gentle unguents and warm poultices the
rankling wounds made by the stings and arrows of outrageous
Fortune? Who but woman, if you please? You who are ill and sore
from the buffets of Fate, have you one or two of these sweet
physicians? Return thanks to the gods that they have left you so
much of consolation. What gentleman is not more or less a
Prometheus? Who has not his rock, his chain? But the sea-nymphs
come,--the gentle, the sympathizing; ... they do their blessed best
to console us Titans; _they_ don't turn their backs upon us after
our overthrow.--_The Virginians._


Is not a young mother one of the sweetest sights which life shows