American - Writer | 1875 - 1950
Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.
Helen Rowland
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A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.
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Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.
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A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest.
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Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
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In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting parked in the wrong place.
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Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.
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Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.
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When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
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When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.
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To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
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No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
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