A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.

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

Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him.

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Marriage is the only thing that affords a woman the pleasure of company and the perfect sensation of solitude at the same time.

When a man makes a woman his wife it's the highest compliment he can pay her – and usually it's the last.