Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution. Russell, Bertrand
Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity – everyday life married to the timeless mysteries of the soul. Moore, Thomas
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. Shakespeare, William
Marrying a man is like buying something you’ve been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn’t always go with everything else in the house. Kerr, Jean
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. Aeschylus
Marriage: a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves – making in all two. Bierce, Ambrose
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. Smith, Syndey
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins. Mitchell. Langdon
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. Irving, Washington
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and…the state in which you will find solid happiness. Franklin, Benjamin
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. Anspacher, Louis
Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning. Dupuy, Alexis
