It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
