„A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter.“

— Jane Austen
„When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.“
— Cesare Pavese
„One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome.“
— Murasaki Shikibu
„No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.“
— H.L. Mencken