"By all means marry.If you get a good spouse, you'll be happy;if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." ~ Socrates
Matrimony was probably the first union to defy management. ~ Charles Ruffing, Saturday Evening Post, 1957
To keep the fire burning brightly there's one easy rule: Keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart--about a finger's breadth--for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule. ~ Marnie Reed Crowel
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them. ~ Ogden Nash
Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh everyday, ah, now that's a real treat. ~ Joanne Woodward, Double Exposure, Take Two, 1989
Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts. ~ William Shakespeare, King Henry VI
A good marriage is at least 80% luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust. ~ Nanette Newman
Marriage is like vitamins: we supplement each other’s minimum daily requirements. ~ Kathy Mohnke
Matrimony--the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented. ~ Heinrich Heine
The idea that you're completing someone else in a marriage to me is death. That to me is a false start and most of us are usually taught that … you've got to stand on your own. Then you can build something extraordinary. ~ Richard Gere
A good marriage is like a good trade: Each thinks he got the better deal. ~ Ivern Ball