Helen Rowland
Helen Rowland
Helen Rowlandwas an American journalist and humorist. For many years she wrote a column in the New York World newspaper called Reflections of a Bachelor Girl. Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book form, including Reflections of a Bachelor Girl, The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor, and A Guide to Men...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
mistake love-is giving
Love is a matter of give and take -- marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.
husband hands giving
Changing husbands is about as satisfactory as changing a bundle from one hand to the other; it gives you only temporary relief.
heart men giving
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
giving-up mean men
To a man, marriage means giving up four out of five of the chiffonier drawers; to a woman, giving up four out of five of her opinions.
attentions exchanges girl men
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of all the other men of her acquaintance for the inattention of just one.
attention exchanges girl marries men
When a girl marries she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one
appeal forget help higher instincts man nature wants woman
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them
marriage somebody worst
Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst of the bargain.
blind chicken faith loses restaurant salad taken
Love, like a chicken salad a restaurant has, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.
folly
One man's folly is often another man's wife.
dead kinds men
There are two kinds of men -- dead and deadly.
beginning kiss man woman
To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning, but to a man it is the beginning of the end.
begin god himself knows men please seeks work
Who seeks to please all men each way, and not himself offend, he may begin his work today, but God knows where he'll end
action calls follows man mental merely reaction wine
What a man calls his ''conscience'' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.