There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone. Edgar Watson Howe
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. Francis Bacon
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. Washington Irving
It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together. Samuel Johnson
Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house. Jean Kerr
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest- never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership. Ann Landers
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony. John Barrymore
Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up. Joseph Barth
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. Martin Luther
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. Aeschylus
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt everyday. André Maurois
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins. Mitchell. Langdon
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. Thomas Moore
Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity - everyday life married to the timeless mysteries of the soul. Thomas Moore
How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly felicity was but the beginning of care, disappointment, and sorrow, and often led to the extremity of mental and physical suffering. Catharine Esther Beecher
When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age? Friedrich Nietzsche
The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship. Friedrich Nietzsche
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled. Harriet Ward Beecher