If some men think they've been outdone by a woman, well, they hit back with the best weapon they have. And that's to put you in your place and let you think you only have one use in life.

You need a husband and some babies to look after. Otherwise you're going to grow up into a virago...

I'm sorry I don't conform to your standards of feminine perfection, but I'm quite happy the way I am—anyway, I wasn't born to be buxom.

Do you know something? I've got this funny feeling fate arranged for you to enter my life for the express purpose of tormenting me.

Next minute you’ll be telling me there’s nothing wrong,’ he said softly. ‘One of the all time favourite lies women employ when they’re hiding huge grievances.

All I got was the news that he'd married an absolute honey, and an admonition to eat my heart out.

It indicated to me,' Jane replied with brutal candour, 'that you're some sort of good-looking, lazy layabout who drifts around the world sponging off people and he'd rather not let you get your hands on any proceeds from this house because you would blow it all—on,' she gestured, 'whatever lazy layabouts blow their money on. Wine, women and... horses, probably,' she finished disgustedly.

They say you can take someone who was born in Africa out of the bush but you can't take the bush out of someone born there....

That's a very admirable quality in a wife. The ability to admit she is in the wrong.