Socrates

Call no man unhappy until he is married.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Worthless people love only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

I am a black American male from Chicago, who had my rehearsal dinner at Versailles and then got married in Florence with a view of the entire city.

It was a very meaningful ceremony and marriage means a lot to me.

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

He didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.

Obviously I couldn’t have done anything that I’ve done without Michelle… not only has she been a great first lady, she is just my rock. I count on her in so many ways every single day.

On Oct. 3, 1992, Barack and I were married in Chicago – and every day since, I’ve grown prouder and more in love with him.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There’s no doubt I’m a better man having spent time with Michelle. I would never say that Michelle’s a better woman, but I will say she’s a little more patient.

This is my first marriage. Beforehand, I was living in sin.