“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”

“to seek a quarrel with a man is a bad method of pleasing the woman who loves that man.”

“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.”

“It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.”

“...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal breast, and that is where a dearly-beloved child is concerned.”

“......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.”

“Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you.Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?”