Things never go smoothly..
But the more poetry one reads the more one longs to read!.
We are not by nature cruel..
Yes, there is some one I love, though he has not told me yet that he even loves me..
O marriage! marriage! what a curse is thine, Where hands alone consent and hearts abhor..
Matrimony is the price of love -- divorce, the rebate..
Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs..
For parents to restrain the inclinations of their children in marriage is an usurped power..
The reason for much matrimony is patrimony..
As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself..
the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!.
I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony..
It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them..
[Matrimony] is the grave of love..
So that ends my first experience of matrimony, which I always thought a highly over-rated performance..
When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God..
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony..
If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal..
Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business..
Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives..
I will not stagger from expedient to expedient..