Men will bear many things from a kept mistress which they would not bear from a wife.
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
Even as we enumerate their shortcomings the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong who will protect us? If they are not imperfect how can we equal them?
