“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed
“Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two
“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher
“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience
“Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
“Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.
“You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1440 times a day
“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbor
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
“Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.