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.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 15. When Lady Narborough jokes that she should marry again to be in fashion, Lord Henry makes this observation on the reason men and women marry. Henry assures her that will never marry again as she is far too happy.