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
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.
