When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young read more

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must read more

It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.

A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we read more

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

A good husband makes a good wife.

A good husband makes a good wife.

When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of read more

When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.