A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women.
Yes, she was a scandal. Her brother simply didn’t know it. “I fell in the Serpentine today.” “Yes, well, that doesn’t usually happen to women in London. But it’s not so much of a scandal as it is a challenge.
Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.
Scandal is the first weapon, the most continuous one, and the last weapon used against a woman anywhere, and particularly one of … prominence
If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a woman who's slept with a lot of men, I've always been complimented on my ability to attract men.
The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
