They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.
This is my first marriage. Beforehand, I was living in sin.
He didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.
[on Michelle] After about 15 years I finally figured out that she’s always right!
There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.
Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.
There is nothing so much seduces reason from vigilance as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman in marriage.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
[on Michelle] A dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time
Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I’m convinced it makes all the difference in the world.
Call no man unhappy until he is married.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
