“A set of phrases learnt by rote; A passion for a scarlet coat; When at a play to laugh, or cry, Yet cannot tell the reason why: Never to hold her tongue a minute; While all she prates has nothing in it. Jonathan Swift
“For conversation well endu’d; She calls it witty to be rude; And, placing raillery in railing, Will tell aloud your greatest failing. Jonathan Swift
“There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.Charlotte Perkins Gilman