To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.

I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.

I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.

Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.

Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut read more

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete read more

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.