Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat.

If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.

Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman

A real man wants two things: danger and play. Therefore he wants woman as the most dangerous plaything. Man shall be educated for war, and woman for the recreation of the warrior: all else is folly.

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a friendship - that no doubt requires the assistance of a slight physical antipathy

In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man