Socrates

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher… and that is a good thing for any man.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Call no man unhappy until he is married.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

A man’s friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

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.

[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.

On Oct. 3, 1992, Barack and I were married in Chicago – and every day since, I’ve grown prouder and more in love with him.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

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.

It has to be a true partnership, and you have to really really like and respect the person you’re married to because it is a hard road.

What Michelle has done is to remind me every day of the virtues of order.

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.