The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.