Gender Identity

For the Colonel’s Lady an’ Judy O’Grady Are sisters under their skins!

As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman, Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other!

Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ’Tis woman’s whole existence.

Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O: Her prentice han’ she tried on man, An’ then she made the lasses, O.

There’s nought but care on ev’ry han’, In every hour that passes, O: What signifies the life o’ man, An’ ’t were nae for the lasses, O.

An’ there began a lang digression About the lords o’ the creation.

What is it men in women do require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire. What is it women do in men require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire.

Through all the drama—whether damned or not— Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.

Your Cleopatra; Dolabella’s Cleopatra; every man’s Cleopatra.

For contemplation he and valor form’d, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.

Spirits, when they please, Can either sex assume, or both.

Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

Ye been oure lord, dooth with youre owene thyng Right as yow list.

“My lige lady, generally,” quod he, “Wommen desiren have sovereynetee As well over hir housbond as hir love.”

A woman’s vows I write upon the wave.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

Behind every successful man, there is a woman - And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.