Ladies Quote by Samuel Butler

“All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will…

— Samuel Butler

“If there are young ladies in the world at her time of life more dull of fancy and more careless of pleasing, I know…

— Jane Austen

“The very young woman can be charming and delightful and pretty but only a mature woman can be beautiful; and only a mature man…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Most insensible, corrupt, cheap, disrespectful young girls run after bad, rude, cocky, nonsensical boys, but a mature, educated, thoughtful, virtuos lady opts for a…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman.”

— Mary Lascelles

“A good looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man.”

— Jane Austen

“Getting a Lady is easy, but keeping a Lady is clever.”

— Pontius Joseph

“ When a girl is seventeen she needs good parents. When she's twenty-five she needs a pretty face and figure. When she's thirty-five she…

— Sophie Tucker

“From birth to age eighteen a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five she needs…

— Sophie Tucker

“We liked to be known as the clever girls.”

— Malala Yousafzai

“Few girls would choose to be right – right, down into their clever, brilliant bones – but lonely.”

— Caitlin Moran

“Careful, young woman. Smart-mouthed females are prized here.”

— Beverly Jenkins