Affair Quote by Honore de Balzac

“A noble maiden must convey dignity and chastity without appearing to think about either one. Let common-born girls tussle in the hay with their…

— Tamora Pierce

“She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress…

— Jane Austen

Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.

— St. Jerome

“Romance Of A Youngest Daughter" Who will wed the Dowager’s youngest daughter, The Captain? filled with ale? He moored his expected boat to a…

— John Crowe Ransom

“Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the estate of wife?”

— Hilary Mantel

Save the love we pay to heaven, there is none purer, holier, than that a virtuous woman feels for him she would cleave through…

— James Sheridan Knowles

“For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.' 'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully. 'That you…

— Julia Quinn

“A woman has never been able to become a priest—she cannot even be a deacon, nor yet a chorister—but a woman can with the…

— Sigrid Undset

“[The wives of powerful noblemen] must be highly knowledgeable about government, and wise – in fact, far wiser than most other such women in…

— Christine de Pizan

“Nim looked aghast. “Of course not. Do you think my future wife would be a servant? No—it’s Number Seven of the wives. Her name…

— Colleen Chen

“Somewhere in your nursery rhymes,” Cranleigh said, intruding yet again, “you must have learned that men do talk. They compare. They judge. They even,…

— Claudia Dain

If the church marries herself to the spirit of the times, she will find herself a widow in the next generation.

— Charles Stanley