We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all.

– Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 17. The Duchess of Monmouth gives Lord Henry a lesson on love. She suggests that men are attracted by physical appearance only, if they ever love at all, while women are wooed by what they hear – an undoubted compliment to Lord Henry’s wit.