The dollar sign is the only sign in which the modern man appears to have any real faith.
Helen RowlandTo 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.
Helen RowlandA 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.
Helen RowlandThe follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
Helen RowlandAt twenty, a man feels awfully aged and blasé; at thirty, almost senile; at forty, "not so old"; and at fifty, positively skittish.
Helen RowlandBefore marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage , he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it.
Helen RowlandEve 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!
Helen RowlandMarriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anaesthetic.
Helen RowlandEver since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him.
Helen RowlandThe honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns.
Helen RowlandA bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
Helen RowlandA man marries one woman to escape from many others, and then chases many others to forget he's married to one.
Helen RowlandWhat a man calls his 'conscience' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.
Helen RowlandA woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him.
Helen RowlandWhen a man makes a woman his wife it's the highest compliment he can pay her – and usually it's the last.
Helen RowlandThere is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.
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