"Love is trembling happiness" — Khalil Gibran

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

God made the country, and man made the town.

Source: The Task (1785)

Khalil Gibran Quote