Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The true index of a man character is the health of his wife.

A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

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.

Getting divorced just because you do not love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she is a householder.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

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.

All marriages are happy. It is the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

It destroys one nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.