Marriage is a desperate thing. The frogs in 30 Æsop were extremely wise; they had a great mind to some water, but they would not leap into the well, because they could not get out again. Selden.
Marriage is the best state for man in general; and every man is a worse man in proportion as he is unfit for the married state. Johnson.
Marriage is the bloom or blight of all men's happiness. Byron.
Marriage is the feast where the grace is better than the dinner. Colton.
Marriage is the mother of the world, and preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. Jeremy Taylor.
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy 35 or of conquest. George Eliot.
Marriage with peace is the world's paradise; with strife, this life's purgatory. Pr.
Marriages are best of dissimilar material. Theo. Parker.
Marriages are made in heaven. Pr.
Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. Sydney Smith.