softer sex

Even Achilles, impressed by Penthesilea’s might, asks: “I thought you women were the softer sex?/Why is it that you’re all so discontent?/Is it our strength you envy, or our brains?”

Ladies have taken B.A. and M.A. degrees already, and the number of the softer sex entering is on the increase.

For in his moments of relaxation he turned to the fair and softer sex for sympathy and recreation, not to involve his wearied brain in arguments about the last geological discovery, or the newest theory of electricity.

Warm-hearted friends watched and guarded him with intense and unwearied solicitude; the kindest hearted of the softer sex, the best of the best, seems to have been born only to anticipate his wants.

Take care to note the timelessness of Thomas’ advice concerning this treat’s stealth potency: “Should be used in moderation; the strength of the punch is so artfully concealed by its admixture with the gelatine, that many persons, particularly of the softer sex, have been tempted to partake so plentifully of it as to render them somewhat unfit for waltzing or quadrilling after supper.”