No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
Bachelors know more about women than married men.
If they didn't they'd be married, too. Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. The only cure for contempt is countercontempt. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion.