And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets read more

And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.

Fair and softly goes far.

Fair and softly goes far.

The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.

The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear.

There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear.

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other read more

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.

Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take read more

Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.

Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.

Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.