always symbol of unwillingness of pursuit. On the other hand
Feminine audacity by no means betokens feminine
immodesty.
Feminine obduracy is invincible by man. Luckily, it is rare.
* * *
Men call women variable: did she not vary, men
would tire. This, women instinctively
know.
Women rightly dislike and
disgust variability in men. For
Women like best to be liked: to lead gives them
but paltry and temporary
pleasure.
(Though this they do not always instinctively know; or, if
they do, they conceal their knowledge.) And
Variability is incompatible with leadership.
* * *
How delicately a loving woman reproves! How
defiantly an unloving!
* * *
How many lonely women—married and unmarried—the
world contains, only these lonely women know.
* * *
The feminine métier par
excellence is: to allure. And
The subtle and elaborate means by which women
will devise to intensify
the lure, passes the comprehension o f men. Yet
In all ages, to make herself attractive was as
right and proper for the
woman as to make himself feared was for the
man. Besides,
With women the art of attracting has long since
become second nature.
* * *
Women are quick to recognize a rake. For
A rake always rouses curiosity, never aversion.
* * *
A worsted woman always, either silently or
volubly, calls down a curse upon her successful rival.—And ‘t is a curse that
too often fails.
Many women handicap other women; and they
handicap them in multifarious