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Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet read more
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people read more
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the
chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the
whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the
argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in?
If he is not, why pretend that he is?
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation
with the maximum of opportunity.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation
with the maximum of opportunity.
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having read more
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.
A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.
The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him
so completely that he loses read more
The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him
so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.
