Rambles in Womanland by Max O'Rell
Chapter 1 THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL
Cupid will cause men to do many things; so will cupidity.
I like economy too much as a virtue not to loathe it when it becomes a vice.
Many virtues, when carried too far, become vices.
Envy is a vice which does not pay. If you let your envy be apparent, you advertise your failure.
Nothing is less common than common-sense.
Whenever you can, pay cash for what you buy. A bill owing is like port wine-it generally improves by keeping.
There are people whose signature has no more significance at the end of a letter of insults than it has value at the bottom of a cheque.
The hardest thing to do in life is to make a living dishonestly for any length of time.
The harm that happens to others very seldom does us any good, and the good that happens to them very seldom does us any harm. People who are successful are neither envious, jealous, nor revengeful.
Very often a man says, 'I have made a fool of myself!' who should only accuse his father.
A contract is a collection of clauses signed by two honourable persons who take each other for scoundrels.
Many people make a noise for the simple reason that, like drums, they are empty. Many others think themselves deep who are only hollow.
Never have anything to do with women in whose houses you never see a man. You may say what you like, but I have heard many women admit that the presence of a man adds a great deal of respectability to a house.
If you cannot prevent evil, try not to see it. What we do not know does not hurt us.
A self-conscious man is sometimes one who is aware of his worth; a conceited man is generally one who is not aware of his unworthiness.
Many a saint in a small provincial town is a devil of a dog in the Metropolis. Life in small towns is like life in glass-houses. The fear of the neighbour is the beginning of wisdom.
Great revolutions were not caused by great grievances or even great sufferings, but by great injustices.
Revolutions, like new countries, are often started by somewhat objectionable adventurers. When they have been successful, steady and honest people come in.
The good diplomatist is not the one who forces events, but the one who foresees them, and, when they come, knows how to make the best of them. The good diplomatist is not the one who successfully takes people in, but the one who, when he has discovered who are his true friends, sticks to them through thick and thin.
I prefer unrighteousness to self-righteousness. The unrighteous man may see the error of his ways and improve. He may even be lovable. The self-righteous man is unteachable, uncharitable, unloving, unlovable, and unlovely.
You can judge the social standing of a woman from the way she sits down.
A woman may love a man she has hated, never one she has despised, seldom one who has been indifferent to her.
A woman is seldom jealous of another on account of her intellectual attainments, but if her bosom friend has on purpose or by mere chance eclipsed her by her dress at a party, they will probably be no longer on speaking terms.
Scientific men are generally the most honest of men, because their minds are constantly bent on the pursuit of truth.
It requires a head better screwed on the shoulders to stand success than to endure misfortune.
The world is not ruled by men of talent, but by men of character.
A vain man speaks either well or ill of himself. A modest man never speaks of himself at all.
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Chapter 1 THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL
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Chapter 2 OH, YOU MEN!
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Chapter 3 THE ROSE, THE LILY, AND THE VIOLET; OR, HOW DIFFERENT METHODS APPEAL TO DIFFERENT WOMEN
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Chapter 4 WOMEN LOVE BETTER THAN MEN
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Chapter 5 IS WOMAN A RESPONSIBLE BEING
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Chapter 6 RAMBLES IN CUPID'S DOMAIN
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Chapter 7 WHICH SEX WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE
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Chapter 8 RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND
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Chapter 9 WOMEN AND THEIR WAYS
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Chapter 10 WOMAN'S MISSION IN THIS WORLD
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Chapter 11 IS WOMAN INFERIOR TO MAN
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Chapter 12 WOMEN WHO ARE FOLLOWED AND ANNOYED IN THE STREET
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Chapter 13 DANGEROUS MEN
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Chapter 14 THE MAN WHO SMILES
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Chapter 15 WOMEN AND DOLLS
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Chapter 16 MEN AS A RULE ARE SELFISH-TWO KINDS OF SELFISH MEN
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Chapter 17 EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
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Chapter 18 AMERICAN WOMEN IN PARIS
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Chapter 19 WOMEN WHO WALK BEST
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Chapter 20 WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN
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Chapter 21 WOMEN MAY ALL BE BEAUTIFUL
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Chapter 22 WOMEN AT SEA
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Chapter 23 THE SECRET OF WOMAN'S BEAUTY
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Chapter 24 THE DURATION OF BEAUTY
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Chapter 25 THE WOMAN 'GOOD FELLOW'-A SOCIETY TYPE
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Chapter 26 THE WOMAN 'GOSSIP'
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Chapter 27 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
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Chapter 28 THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN
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Chapter 29 SHALL LOVE BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
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Chapter 30 ARE MEN FAIR TO WOMEN
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Chapter 31 A PLEA FOR THE WORKING WOMAN
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Chapter 32 A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
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Chapter 33 THE WORST FEATURE OF WOMEN AS A SEX
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Chapter 34 IS HOM OPATHY A CURE FOR LOVE
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Chapter 35 ADVICE TO YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE
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Chapter 36 THE MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM
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Chapter 37 WOMEN SHOULD ASSERT THEMSELVES IN MATRIMONY
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Chapter 38 RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY-I
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Chapter 39 RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY-II
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Chapter 40 RAMBLES ABOUT MATRIMONY-III
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