Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the
chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the
whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the
argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in?
If he is not, why pretend that he is?
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If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself.
If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself.
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man read more
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
The homegrown tomato is best
(in reference to choosing a marriage partner).
The homegrown tomato is best
(in reference to choosing a marriage partner).
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who read more
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.
A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.
A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
