What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.
The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.
In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
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.
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