There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Marriage
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"
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter"
