What kind of husband are you hoping to capture, by the way? Women who've set their hearts on a millionaire play-boy may end up with no man at all. Never try to aim far beyond your own limitations, mentally or socially. And don't let some glamorous, movie-bred notion of the ideal romance blind you to a prospective husband at close hand. Remember that perfection is at a premium, and that you probably don't deserve perfection, anyway.

There are some women who feel they'd rather be old maids than acept a man with the normal set of masculine failings. Most of them regret that, before they die. And women who fall deeply in love are even more at fault, if they lose a man because of their own stubborn intolerance.

Never be taken in by that line about "marriages are made in Heaven." They're made right here on earth. And they're well worth the labor, both for you and your man.

--from How About a Man (1938)