How we cite our quotes: (Canto.Stanza)
Quote #1
In her first passion Woman loves her lover,
In all the others all she loves is Love,
Which grows a habit she can ne'er get over,
And fits her loosely—like an easy glove (3.3)
Byron makes a generalization in saying that all women love the first man they have sex with. But from that point on, they only love the idea of love. It's like the difference between loving a guy for who he is and loving someone because you want your life with him to be like a romance movie. The first is based on the person and the second is based on the idea of a relationship. We know, ladies. Throw your popcorn at the screen (or the nearest picture of Lord Byron) now.
Quote #2
Nor to the trouble which her fancies caused;
Yet even her tyranny had such a grace,
The women pardoned all except her face (5.113)
When Don Juan finds himself dressed as a woman in a sultan's palace, he spends the night with all the sultan's other female slaves. These women are okay with Don Juan except for the fact that he has such a pretty face. In other words, they find him to be a pretty woman, even though he's a dude.
Quote #3
Her sixth, to stab herself; her seventh, to sentence
The lash to Baba: —but her grand resource
Was to sit down again, and cry—of course (5.139)
The sultana is about to kill Don Juan because he has rejected her sexual advances. But just when her rage hits its peak, she breaks down and cries. When Byron says, "of course," he's playing into the stereotype that women are emotional and erratic.