~ Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed. ~
~ The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. ~
~ Remember that a successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person ~
~ Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~
~ Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins. ~
~ Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. ~
~ Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. ~
~ God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage ~
~ Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid. ~
~ If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books. ~
~ Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash ~
~ A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. ~