“Women made civilisation impossible with all their “charm ” all their silliness.”

“All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.”

“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”

“He did not blame them. Because in truth, that's what he did, what he was. Seduce and dominate. Charm and manipulate. A user of women. How they would scoff, Rothbury mused bitterly, if they knew that he was secretly in love with the silly little chit, spectacles and all.”

“It was silly, wasn't it? But the singing made it not silly.”

“For I cannot think that GOD Almighty ever made them [women] so delicate, so glorious creatures; and furnished them with such charms, so agreeable and so delightful to mankind; with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men: and all, to be only Stewards of our Houses, Cooks, and Slaves.”