(86 quotes found)
“Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”
Helen Rowland
“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.”
“A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.”
“A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.”
“"Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person”
“In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting parked in the wrong place”
“After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.”
“When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one.”
“In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.”
“And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.”