The true index of a man's 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 don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's 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's 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.