A man will always promise more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand
Any mean, ambitious man,...counts his losses more than his gains. ~ Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen
It is easier to take a country into war than to bring it to live at peace, and a country at war is a bitter place to live, a risky place to have daughters, and a dangerous place to hope for a son.~ Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen
It is easier to unleash evil than call it back again. Any fool can blow up a wind, but who knows where it will blow or when it will stop. ~ Jacquetta Woodville (Mother of Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen)
Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends. ~ Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen
A powerful woman will always attract slander. ~ Jacquetta Woodville (Mother of Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen)
Men in love always promise they will give the woman they love everything she wants; women in love always trust the men they love in spite of themselves.
Being a mortal woman is hard on the heart, hard on the feet.
A man will always promise more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand