“Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.”
“Well, how could a reader notice that? There may be something lacking there I admit. But heavens above, they ought to count themselves lucky! It's full enough of good things as it is, far more than they usually get.”
“Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get his laundry done.”
“The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.”
“There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.”
“Marriage," she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere”