“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”

“Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.”

“My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.”

“Besides, every experience is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage, it is certainly an experience.”

“Für den Philosophen sind die Frauen der Triumph der Materie über den Geist, - genau wie die Männer der Triumph des Geistes über die Moral sind.”

“The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.”

“The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish. And unselfish people are colourless. They lack individuality.”