If you adore her, you must adorn her. There lies the secret of a happy marriage.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.

I am stuffing your mouth with your
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things to be considered. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection, that though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear. Marriage may change your circumstances for the better, but, in my private opinion, it is far more likely to produce a contrary result.