I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts. – Ernestine Rose
It is a wise person that adapts themselves to all contingencies; its the fool who always struggles like a swimmer against the current. – Source Unknown