Jewels Quote by Maurice Chevalier

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.

— William Congreve

Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

— Dawn French

“Describing men, of course, I run into the same problems—aquiline nose, chiseled features, bullish neck, leonine hair, steely gaze, bronze tan—but somehow the arsenal…

— Josip Novakovich

“The hearts of women are like those little pieces of furniture with secret hiding - places, full of drawers fitted into each other; you…

— Gustave Flaubert

Women have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

The wit of men compared to that of women is like rouge compared to the rose.

— Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Great men speak secrets about themselves with nods and gestures, walking away from jokes about women rather than condemn the jokester; if with a…

— Lee Goff

Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses.

— Criss Jami

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

— Elizabeth Montagu

To a man who is uncorrupt and properly constituted, woman always remains something of a mystery and a romance. He never interprets her quite…

— James Parton