It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

Quote by Helen Rowland

Topics: Mothers Quotes

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks...

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks...

Nobody is quite so blase and sophisticated as a boy of nineteen who is just...

Nobody is quite so blase and sophisticated as a boy of nineteen who is just...

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends...

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends...

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say...

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say...

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty...

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty...

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they don't...

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they don't...

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice that still continues.

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice that still continues.

Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled...

Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled...

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you;...

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you;...

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals...

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals...

When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work...

When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work...

The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his...

The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his...

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man,...

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man,...

There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the...

There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the...

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he...

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he...

A fool and her money are soon courted.

A fool and her money are soon courted.

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and...

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and...

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the...

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the...