A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him.

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is "misunderstood" or that he is "different;" none of this is necessarily complimentary, but it will flatter him infinitely more than merely telling him that he is brilliant, or noble, or wise, or good.

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

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

Marriage: a souvenir of love.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

Eve had one advantage over all the rest of her sex. In his wildest moments of rage Adam never could accuse her of being 'just like her mother!