It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

What is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss And is a pattern of celestial peace.

It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.

Marriage is tolerable enough in its way if youre easygoing and dont expect too much from it. But it doesnt bear thinking about.

Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

Esther could not conceive. In every other way she was a good wife; she knew how to knit, sew a wedding gown, bake gingerbread and tarts, tear out the pip of a chicken, apply a cupping glass or leeches, even bleed a patient.

It is a matter of life and death for married people to interrupt each others stories; for it they did not, they would burst.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the compleatest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.