“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”

“Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.”

“As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!”

“Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.”

“Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.”

“The best of a bad bargain.”

“If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way with...”

“When we are at peace within our marriage, the effects can be astounding! We will raise happier children, become better employees, and overall find the joy in life.”

“Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”