Marriage Quotes

I have observed there are no persons so far away as those who are both married and estranged, so that they seem out of earshot, or to have no common tongue.

I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

I don’t think a married couple can go through life without laughs together any more than they can without tears.

I began as a passion and have ended as a habit, like all husbands.

I am about to be married – and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

How marriage ruins a man! It’s as demoralising as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.[Le divorce est probablement de la même date à peu près que le mariage. Je crois pourtant que le mariage est de quelques semaines plus ancien.]

But I think it must be easier for a girl to marry someone she doesn’t know, because the more you get to know men, the harder it is to love them.

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