Quotes from Helen Rowland

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

Failing to be there when a man wants her is the greatest sin a woman can commit - except being there when he doesn't want her.

Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar, a custom which is still continued.

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

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.

Honeymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage , he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it.

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.

To a man, marriage means giving up four out of five of the chiffonier drawers; to a woman, giving up four out of five of her opinions.

Marriage: a souvenir of love.

Love is a matter of give and take -- marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.

A husband is what is left of a lover after the nerve has been extracted.

A good woman inspires a man, a brilliant woman interests him, a beautiful woman fascinates him, but a sympathetic woman gets him.

A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet.

When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one.

Never worry for fear you have broken a man's heart; at the worst it is only sprained and a week's rest will put it in perfect working condition again.

A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.

At twenty, a man feels awfully aged and blasé; at thirty, almost senile; at forty, "not so old"; and at fifty, positively skittish.

A good woman is known by what she does; a good man by what he doesn't.