Ninon de L'Enclos

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.