Quotes from Helen Rowland

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.

A fool and her money are soon courted.

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

A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor.

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

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.

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

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?

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

When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.

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

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.

The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.

Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him.

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.

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

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.