“There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage
“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed
“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher
“Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.
“Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder
“If you go to the married state, lead the man with tender hand. Much too strong women's power makes the husbands sour.
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
“Come, let's be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with
“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
“Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
“There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.
“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.