Not my words

What else do women desire in this life but to give maximum pleasure to men? Isn't this the purpose of all their attention to their persons, all the make-up, bathing, hair-dressing and all those ointments and perfumes, as well as so many arts of arranging, painting and disguising face, eyes and skin?

Now, does anything count more in winning them men's favor than their folly? There's nothing which men won't permit to women, and for no other return than pleasure, but it's women's folly which make them delight men. No one will deny the truth of this who considers the nonsense a man talks with a women and the silly things he does whenever he wants to enjoy the pleasure she gives.

So there you have the source of life's first and foremost delight.

-Erasmus in Praise of Folly