6 quotes
The difference between a commonly well-behaved woman and a high-bred lady consists in very small things—but what a difference it is!
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
"The bliss which woman's charms bespeak,
"I've sought in many, found in none!"
"In many 'tis in vain you seek
"What can be found in only one."
The Angel in the House (1854)
The proper study of mankind is woman.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Woman is the sum and complex of all nature, and is the visible glory of God.[…] The "Word made Flesh" [John 1:14] is the word made Woman.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
A woman is a foreign land.
The Angel in the House (1854)
Ah, wasteful woman, she who may
On her sweet self set her own price,
Knowing man cannot choose but pay,
How has she cheapen'd paradise;
How given for nought her priceless gift,
How spoil'd the bread and spill'd the wine,
Which, spent with due, respective thrift,
Had made brutes men, and men divine.
The Angel in the House (1854)