Quotes by Wooing Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse. Bayard Taylor wooing verses charm I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them. James Buchanan wooing gentleman gone With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. Marge Piercy wooing mother Deference and intimacy live far apart. Moliere deference wooing intimacy Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all. Thomas Campbell jilted wooing