The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.
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When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete read more
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.
Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.
It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.
A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.
A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.
A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be read more
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.
