A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest.

A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant.

Better a lively old epigram than a deadly new one.

Changing husbands is about as satisfactory as changing a bundle from one hand to the other; it gives you only temporary relief.

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

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

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