A wedding is just like a funeral, except that you get to smell your own flowers.

A bridegroom is a man who has missed the opportunity to remain a bachelor.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.
Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.
The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.