Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.
Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.
Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
The foolish and cruel notion that a wife is to obey her husband has sent more women to the grave than to the courts for a divorce.
A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.