Helen Rowland

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

— 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

“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

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

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland

“A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor.”

— Helen Rowland

“The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him.”

— Helen Rowland

“Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.”

— 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

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

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland

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

— Helen Rowland

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

— 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

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

— Helen Rowland

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

— 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 like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.”

— Helen Rowland