A bachelor has to have an inspiration for making love to a woman--a married man needs only an excuse.
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.
A good woman is known by what she does; a good man by what he doesn't.
Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it
A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.
An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country.