bachelorhood

being single

is linked to creative output. The best works have certainly proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. Francis Bacon

is a sort of stain. Sometimes it's easier to tell people you are divorced so they won't think something's wrong with you.

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.

is more depressing than anything, save for the known alternative.

Bachelorhood, like being alive, is more depressing than anything but the known alternative.

Eternal vigilance is the price of bachelorhood.

is being able to mow the lawn when you want to.

Being a bachelor means you can mow the lawn when you want to.

is one way of keeping all that alimony money for yourself.

Remaining a bachelor is one way of keeping all that alimony money for yourself.

is tough; you have to hog your own covers.

Being a bachelor is tough; you have to hog your own covers.