Divorce is the key
Divorce is the key that opens the strongbox where the bonds of matrimony are kept under wedlock. Evan Esar
Matrimony
People are always asking
People are always asking couples whose marriage has endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually, it is no secret at all. I am a forgiving woman. Long ago, I forgave my husband for not being Paul Newman. Erma Bombeck
Matrimony is the only
Matrimony is the only game of chance the clergy favor. Emily Murphy
Marriages on earth–because they
Marriages on earth–because they are the seminaries of the human race and of the angels of heaven also; because, likewise, they proceed from a spiritual origin, that is, from the marriage of good and truth; and since, in addition, the Lord’s divine proceeding principally flows into conjugal love–are most holy in the estimation of the … Read more
Two consorts in heaven
Two consorts in heaven are not two, but one angel. Emanuel Swedenborg
In every possible instance
In every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians to restrain themselves to contain their carnal yearnings to live solitary and sexless lives on earth as it is in heaven. \”But if they cannot contain \” Paul finally conceded then \”let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn.\” Which is perhaps the … Read more
Only the deepest love
Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I shall end up an old maid. Elizabeth Bennett
It is a mistake
It is a mistake to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is also a bond of service. It is the most ancient form of that social ministration which God has ordained for all human beings, and which is symbolized by all the relations of nature. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Body and soul, like
Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part. Edward Young
Metellus Numidicus, the censor,
Metellus Numidicus, the censor, acknowledged to the Roman people, in a public oration, that had kind nature allowed us to exist without the help of women, we should be delivered from a very troublesome companion; and he could recommend matrimony only as the sacrifice of private pleasure to public duty. Edward Gibbon