The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. Cyril Connolly
A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers. Eddie Cantor
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. Benjamin Disraeli
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage. Sydney J. Harris
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. Zsa Zsa Gabor
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. Thornton Wilder
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. Andre Maurois
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. Enid Bagnold
All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. Raymond Hull
The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship. Jackie Kennedy
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. Honore de Balzac
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. Benjamin Disraeli
A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted. Helen Rowland
Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers. Alan King
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth. Edwin Louis Cole
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. Isadora Duncan
Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps. Joe Murray
It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. George Santayana
Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. Billy Connolly
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Jane Austen