A Man Loses His Illusions First, His

A Woman's Flattery May Inflate A Man's Head A Little; But Her Criticism Goes Straight To His Heart, And Contracts It So That It Can Never Again Hold Quite As Much Love For Her.

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.

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.

An Optimist Is Merely An Ex-pessimist With His Pockets Full Of Money, His Digestion In Good Condition, And His Wife In The Country.

Some Men Are Born For Matrimony, Some Achieve Matrimony -- But Most Of Them Are Merely Poor Dodgers.