- David Erneman: Your virtue is impregnable.
- Marianne Erneman: What do you know of my virtue? Woman is not virtuous by nature. You men have created virginity and virtue, chastity and innocence.
- David Erneman: Amen.
- Marianne Erneman: No! Not at all. A man can be immoral and he's only a "he-man". But a woman who satisfies her instincts is a strumpet.