Love, you can’t start it like a car, you can’t stop it with a gun. – George Bernard ShawOne cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: „Give little, give seldom, and above all, give grudgingly.“ Otherwise, what could have been a proper marriage could become an orgy of sexual lust. – Ruth Smythers, Marriage advice for women, 1894I’d like to get married because I like the idea of a man being required by law to sleep with me every night. – Carrie SnowBy all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher…and that is a good thing for any man. – SocratesMarriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. – Herbert SpencerSomeone once asked me why women don’t gamble as much as men do and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don’t have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage. – Gloria SteinemIf you meet somebody who tells you that he loves you more than anybody in the whole wide world, don’t trust him. It means he experiments. A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth; with the fire dead, the laughter stilled, and the light extinguished. – Frank P. TebbettsAt American weddings, the quality of food is inversely proportional to the social position of the bride and the groom. – Calvin TrillinA successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. – Lana TurnerI do not see the EEC as a great love affair. It is more like nine desperate middle-aged couples with failing marriages meeting at a Brussels hotel for a group grope. – TynanThe first time you buy a house, you see how pretty the paint is and buy it. The second time, you look to see if the basement has termites. It’s the same with husbands. – Lupe ValezMarriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly. – VoltaireMarriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution. – Mae WestBachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. – Oscar WildeLong engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which is never advisable. – Oscar WildeWhy are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women? – Virginia Woolf
