Body Quote by Thomas Campion

Day, night, late, early, At home, abroad, alone, in company, Waking or sleeping, still my care hath been To have her match'd; and having…

— William Shakespeare

Although some men who were easy with their words said that it was worth sacrificing one’s life for a night of love with such…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ay, marriage is the life-long miracle, The self-begetting wonder, daily fresh.

— Charles Kingsley

A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a little careful use of our advantages, and then some man will say .Come, be…

— Olive Schreiner

Ease my suffering. Make me the happiest, most tortured man in the world. Marry me?

— Nicole Williams

“Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young…

— Jane Austen

“Love revives the barbarian; - it wouldn't mean much, if it didn't. In this one respect, I suppose no man, however civilized, would wish…

— George Gissing

A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died; it was the triumph of hope over experience.

— Samuel Johnson

Once let a maiden admit the possibility of her being stricken with love for some one at a certain hour and place, and the…

— Thomas Hardy

The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy…

— Martin Luther

“Honorable, happy, and successful marriage is surely the principal goal of every normal person. Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“Mother says that people like me just become intellectual old maids,' I told him. 'I don't see why,' he protested. 'Oh, well, it's probably…

— Vera Brittain