“I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can always trust, one always the same, always ready to give comfort, sympathy and the best advice. God...”

“You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'Emma Darwin to husband Charles”

“We shall me much less miserable together.' -Emma Darwin to husband Charles upon grief for loss of daughter Annie”

“It is feeling and not reasoning that drives one to prayer.' -Emma to Charles”

“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.”