Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.

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.

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

the mistakes you regret the most in your life are the ones you didn't commit when you had the chance

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

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

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.