There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.
-Groucho Marx
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
-Milton Berle
What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.
-Gary D. Chapman
"The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate"
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
-Henny Youngman
There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
-Homer
"The Odyssey"
