Marriage

"Marriage, n. A community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two."

"There was no great disparity of years, Though much in temper; but they never clashd, They moved like stars united in their spheres, Or like the Rhône by Lemans waters washd, Where mingled and yet separate appears The river from the lake, all bluely dashd Through the serene and placid glassy deep, Which fain would lull its river-child to sleep."

"I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income."

"Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin; And therfore no true Saint allows, They shall be sufferd to espouse."

"Nuptiae sunt coniunctio maris et feminae et consortium omnis vitae, divini et humani iuris communicatio."

"Prima societas in ipso conjugio est: proxima in liberis; deinde una domus, communia omnia."

"The godly union of souls in mutual forebearance with each others infirmities, and mutual stimulating each others graces--this surely is a fragment of true happiness that has survived the Fall."

"Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner."

"Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise that has survivd the fall!"

"Marriage is memory, marriage is time."

"A man ought not to marry without having studied anatomy, and dissected at least one woman."

"The fate of the home depends on the first night."