The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.
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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old read more
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage.
She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?
When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely.
Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely.
