“Niagara ... is the first disappointment in the married life of many Americans who spend their honeymoon there.”

“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”

“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”

“It would be more impressive if it flowed the other way (Commenting on Niagara Falls)”

“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”

“Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.”

“Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.”