" In fact, he was in a fair way to becoming her tool - and no more dreadful fate can befall a man than to become the tool of an unscrupulous woman, indeed of any woman. There is but one end to it:when he is broken, or has served her purpose, he is thrown away - turned out on to the world to hunt for his lost self-respect. "

― H. Rider Haggard , Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain, #2)