Great Throughts Treasury

"When a man steals your wife there is no better revenge than to let him keep her."

"Honest women are inconsolable for the mistakes they haven't made."

"Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended."

"He does not seem intelligent enough to be crazy."

"A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands."

"An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't."

"A woman who runs off with her lover does not abandon her husband; she rids him of an unfaithful wife."

"I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies' hands — after all, one must start somewhere."

"If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them."

"I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us."

"If women knew how much we missed them, they would leave sooner."

"If women were good, God would have one."

"Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness."

"Memory is the one paradise out of which we cannot be driven."

"We admire virtue in a woman as long as it doesn't get in our way."

"When you listen to Mozart, the silence that follows is still Mozart."

"Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer."

"The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place."

"The better I know men ... the more I like dogs!"

"The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile."

"You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty."

"You're not rich because you have money, but because you spend it."

"Women speak until they have something to say."