SAYINGS ABOUT WOMEN.

Patea Mail, 28 May 1881, Page 4

SAYINGS ABOUT WOMEN.

Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than ill nature. —Dupuy. , Woman is an idol that man worships, * until he throws it down, Women love always ; when the earth slips from thejn they take refuge in heaven. The whisper of a beautiful woman can be heard further than the loudest call of duty. There is no torture that a woman would not suffer to enhance her .eauty,—Montaigne. Of all things that man possesses, women alone take pleasure in being possessed.— Malherbe. Before promising a woman to love only her, one should have seen them all, or should see only her. We censure the inconstancy of women when we are the victims. We find it charming when we are the objects. We meet in society many beautiful and attractive women whom we think would make excellent wives—for our friends. Woman among savages is a beast of burden ; in Asia, she is a piece of furniture ; in Europe, she is a spoiled child.—Senacde Meilhan. The highest mark of esteem a woman can give a man is to ask his friendship ; and the most signal proof of her indifference is to offer him hers. At 20 man is less a lover of woman than of women. He is more in love with the sex than with the individual, however charming she may be. It is not easy to be a widow ; one must rcossume all the modesty of girlhood, without being allowed to feign its ignorance.— Madame de Girardin. Men are so fearful of wounding a woman’s vanity that they rarely remember that she may by some possibility possess a grain of common sense.—Miss Braddon. Women of the world never use harsh expressions, when condemning their rivals. Like the savage, they hiM elegant arrows; ornamented with feathers of purple and azure, but with poisoned points.