The first duty of love is to listen.

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
Marriage is like a fine wine, if tended to properly, it just gets better with age.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
Marriage: Love is the reason. Lifelong friendship is the gift. Kindness is the cause. Tilβ death do us part is the length.
Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds β they mature slowly.
The highest happiness on earth is marriage.
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.