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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are read more
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet read more
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.
A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.
A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, read more
A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having read more
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.
Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll
be happy; if not, you'll read more
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll
be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.