Marriage

• Stick to the first model. — Henry Ford, explaining his secret for a happy marriage
• Marriage is one long conversation checkered by disputes. — Robert Louis Stevenson
• Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. — Louis K. Anspacher
• The most surprising element to make a happy marriage is tension. — Karl Jung [He said that differences between a husband and wife generate it. This prevents lifelessness. What they do by creating tension—he said—is keep each other alive.]
• Marriage isn't a word—it's a sentence. — King Vidor
• Marriage has teeth, and him bite very hot. — Jamaican Proverb
• The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. — Peter De Vries
• Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die. — Johnny Carson
• To marry a second time represents the triumph of hope over experience. — Dr. Sameul Johnson
• A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other the guardian of his solitude. — Rainer Maria Rilke