“often these women marry or they are ruined some other way.”

“The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.”

“You want a happy romantic relationship? Don’t ruin it by getting married.”

“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”

“Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.”

“I'm so glad I didn't ruin a man's life by marrying him.”

“These were all the women whom Bluebeard had married, and whose throats he had cut one after the other.”

“There are two varieties of men. Some understand 'some women', the others are those who simply 'understand women.”

“Marry women who will love their hus­bands and be very prolific, for I want you to be more numerous than any other people.”

“Some women pray for their daughters to marry good husbands. I pray that my girls will find girlfriends half as loyal and true as the Ya-Yas.”