“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves
“There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.
“Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius
“I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all