Helen Rowland Quotes

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

One man`s folly is another man`s wife.

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

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn`t a sign that they "don`t understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.

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.

Before marriage, a man will lay down his life for you; after marriage he won`t even lay down his newspaper.

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

It isn`t tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it`s separating himself from all the others.

A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse

A husband is what`s left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.