One should never know too precisely whom one has married.

Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second to his success.