Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.
Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.