Fall Quote by Brenda Jackson

When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.

— Arthur Golden

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

— Honore de Balzac

Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses.

— Hector Hugh Munro

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

— Jane Austen

When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opportunity.

— James Goldsmith

Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.

— Charles Caleb Colton

It is best for ordinary men to have only one wife !

— Akbar

It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.

— Annie Besant

I've always found it much more dangerous to fool with a man's mistress than his wife.

— Harold Robbins

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

— Warren Beatty

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred

— Jay Trachman