Helen Rowland

“Love, the quest marriage, the conquest divorce, the inquest.”

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland

“After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.”

— Helen Rowland

“And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.”

— Helen Rowland

“Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.”

— Helen Rowland

“Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.”

— Helen Rowland

“There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.”

— Helen Rowland

“A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.”

— Helen Rowland

“Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.”

— Helen Rowland

“Ever 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 Rowland

“Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.”

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland

“Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.”

— Helen Rowland

“Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.”

— Helen Rowland

“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.”

— Helen Rowland

“Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.”

— Helen Rowland

“Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.”

— Helen Rowland

“A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.”

— Helen Rowland

“One man's folly is another man's wife.”

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland