"Woman! o'er whose sunken eyes The last rushlight glimmer dies, Lay thine ill-paid toil away Till the morrow's hungry day; Seek the respite and release Heaven will give in dreams of peace: Fold thy hands! Earth denies thee food,—not rest: Fold them o'er thy patient breast."

"Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't; And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't."

"The devil cannot tie a woman's tongue."

"There is a Lady sweet and kind, Was never face so pleased my mind; I did but see her passing by, And yet I love her till I die."

"Vente quid levius? fulgur. Quid fulgure? flamma Flamma quid? mulier. Quid mulier? nihil."

"She was not made out of his head, Sir, To rule and to govern the man; Nor was she made out of his feet, Sir, By man to be trampled upon. * * * * * But she did come forth from his side, Sir, His equal and partner to be; And now they are coupled together, She oft proves the top of the tree."

"The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone; I wish to have none other books To read or look upon."

"I think Nature hath lost the mould Where she her shape did take; Or else I doubt if Nature could So fair a creature make."

"I open my east chamber door, And sit on my west chamber bed. I take off my battle cloak, And put on my old-time clothes. I adjust my wispy hair at the window sill, And apply my bisque makeup by the mirror. I step out to see my comrades-in-arms, They are all surprised and astounded: "We travelled twelve years together, Yet didn't realise Mulan was a lady!" The buck bounds here and there, Whilst the doe has narrow eyes. But when the two rabbits run side by side, How can you tell the female from the male?"

"Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum: Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus."

"Geologist is the only person who can talk to a woman and use the words 'dike', 'thrust', 'bed', 'orogeny', 'cleavage', and 'subduction' in the same sentence without facing a civil suit."

"The world is full of care, much like unto a bubble, Women and care, and care and women, and women and care and trouble."

"Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd, And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude; But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their rudeness, Are as nothing to their goodness when they're good."

"Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad; But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness, Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad."

"Valkea kesäinen päivä, neitivalta valkeampi; vilu on rauta pakkasessa, vilumpi miniävalta. Niin on neiti taattolassa, kuin marja hyvällä maalla, niin miniä miehelässä, kuin on koira kahlehissa. Harvoin saapi orja lemmen, ei miniä milloinkana."

"A man shall trust not the oath of a maid, Nor the word a woman speaks; For their hearts on a whirling wheel were fashioned, And fickle their breasts were formed."

"Les femmes peuvent tout, parcequ’elles gouvernent les personnes qui gouvernent tout."

"Audax ad omnia fœmina, quæ vel amat vel odit."

"Λύχνου ἀρθέντος, γυνὴ πᾶσα ἡ αὐτή."

"Tout d’un coup, dans la bonne enfant, la femme se dressait, inquiétante, apportant le coup de folie de son sexe, ouvrant l’inconnu du désir. Nana souriait toujours, mais d’un sourire aigu de mangeuse d’hommes."

"Każda kobieta to fortepian – tylko trzeba umieć grać."

"Women were made to give our eyes delight; A female sloven is an odious sight."

"A shameless woman is the worst of men."

"If you resent, and wish a woman ill, But turn her o’er one moment to her will."

"As unreserved, and beauteous, as the sun, Through every sign of vanity they run, Assemblies, parks, coarse feasts in City halls, Lectures, and trials, plays, committees, balls, Wells, bedlams, executions, Smithfield scenes, And fortune-tellers’ caves, and lions’ dens, Taverns, exchanges, bridewells, drawing-rooms, Instalments, pillories, coronations, tombs, Tumblers, and funerals, puppet-shows, reviews, Sales, races, rabbits, and (still stranger!) pews."

"And beautiful as sweet! And young as beautiful! and soft as young! And gay as soft! and innocent as gay."

"But you were brushing out your hair and singing to yourself. And, for a moment, I think I saw what those artists saw — someone half in love with herself and half in love with the world."

"Thou, while thy babes around thee cling, Shalt show us how divine a thing A Woman may be made."

"She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament."

"A perfect Woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command."

"And now I see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill."

"A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles."

"She was a gentlewoman, a scholar, and a saint, and after having been three times married, she took a vow of celibacy. What more could be expected of any woman?"

"Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size."

"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."

"The right Education of the Female Sex, as it is in a manner every where neglected, so it ought to be generally lamented. Most in this depraved later Age think a Woman learned and wise enough if she can distinguish her Husband's Bed from another's."

"Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison."

"There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves."

"I loved a lass, a fair one, As fair as e'er was seen; She was indeed a rare one, Another Sheba queen."

"Shall I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair? Or make pale my cheeks with care 'Cause another's rosy are? Be she fairer than the day, Or the flow'ry meads in May; If she be not so to me, What care I how fair she be?"

"You can't sit down right, 'Cause your jeans are too tight, And you're lucky it's ladies night. With your big empty purse, Every week it gets worse, At least your breasts cost more than hers."

"It is a mournful thing to know that you are utterly isolated among millions of human beings; that not a drop of your blood flows in any other veins."

"That makes no sense," I said. "This is the Victorian era," she said. "Women didn't have to make sense."

"Our government should not be run like a business; it should be run like a family...In any advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives, a common characteristic is the fierce behavior of the adult female of the species when she senses a threat to her cubs. Ours are threatened now, and we need to get fierce."

"Whatever a woman is," Wendre said, "she's that second and a woman first."

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his."

"One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything."