The Antoninos

'If there is any human mind that will swallow flattery without any after effects of indigestion it is the male mind.

He will never realize that a girl is over-gracious in her note. He will think it is due [...]'.

NYTimes, October 25, 1908
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E04E5DB1739E333A25756C2A9669D946997D6CF