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. Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course. No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time. Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest. A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. |