For if by chance some woman wishes to be thought of as wise, she does nothing but show herself twice a fool. - Erasmus

cual si la Naturaleza — respondería yo — hubiera tenido al crear al hombre una ley distinta de la que tuvo al crear a los demás seres, y como si ella que con tanta exquisita solicitud cuidó de los mosquitos, de las hierbas y de las florecillas, solamente se hubiera dormido al formar al ser humano

And yet I do not suppose the female sex is so foolish as to become incensed at me for this, that I, a woman and Folly as well, attribute folly to women.

For what is there at all done among men that is not full of folly, and that too from fools and to fools? Against