Marriage quotes

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.

Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.