Joanna:
Why not simply say that human relationships arebound by love. After all,
contracts are always conditional, whereas love isnot.
"Dans les premières passions les femmes aiment l'amant, et dans les autres elles aiment l'amour." -- François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
Translation: "In their first passions women love the lover, and in the others, they love love."
I think that shows women to be doubly wise, though I understand that's not R's drift.
Joanna