When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots. – William Butler Yeats

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love. – Honore de Balzac