Socrates

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

He is richest who is content with the least.

[on Michelle] After about 15 years I finally figured out that she’s always right!

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

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

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.

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

There’s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It’s called marriage.

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.

In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.

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.

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.

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

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

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

They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.