Helen Rowland Quotes

"Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you." ~ Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland Quotes

(1875–1950)
American journalist and humorist

"You will never win if you never begin." ~ Helen Rowland

"Home is any four walls that enclose the right person." ~ Helen Rowland

"Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near." ~ Helen Rowland

"One man's folly is another man's wife." ~ Helen Rowland

"The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity." ~ Helen Rowland

"A wise woman puts a grain of sugar in everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her."

"Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense." ~ Helen Rowland

"Never worry for fear you have broken a man's heart; at the worst it is only sprained and a week's rest will put it in perfect working condition again." ~ Helen Rowland

"A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it." ~ Helen Rowland

"Before marriage a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage he will fall asleep before you have finished saying it." ~ Helen Rowland

"When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one." ~ Helen Rowland

"When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living." ~ Helen Rowland

"A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet." ~ Helen Rowland

"When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to." ~ Helen Rowland

"The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
Character is like the foundation to a house - it is below the surface.