Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. Anspacher, Louis
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and…the state in which you will find solid happiness. Franklin, Benjamin
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. Irving, Washington
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins. Mitchell. Langdon
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: a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves – making in all two. Bierce, Ambrose
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. Aeschylus
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
Mary, I believed thee true, And I was blest in thus believing; But now I mourn that ever I knew A girl so fair and so deceiving. Moore, Thomas
Master books, but do not let them master you. – Read to live, not live to read. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert
Maturity involves being honest and true to oneself, making decisions based on a conscious internal process, assuming responsibility for one’s decisions, having healthy relationships with others and developing one’s own true gifts. It involves thinking about one’s environment and deciding what one will and won’t accept. Pipher, Mary
Medicine, law, business, engineering. These are noble pursuits. And necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love. These are what we stay alive for. (Dead Poet’s Society) Schulman, Tom