It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.
Anniversary Quotes
There is no anniversary collection behind this page. It is put together from the pages on love, marriage, romance and time, then sorted by quality, so what comes up first is whatever those four pages rate highest.
Expect poems and passages from novels more than card lines. Some of the best material here only works with the sentences around it, which is why each quote links to its own page with the source and the notes. If you plan to put one in print, check the flag first: a line marked misattributed is fine to enjoy and risky to credit.
'Tis my maxim, he's a fool that marries; but he's a greater that does not marry a fool.
Body and soul, like peevish man and wife,
United jar, and yet are loth to part.
Remember, it is as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.
The world well tried—the sweetest thing in life
Is the unclouded welcome of a wife.
Many a woman has a past; but I am told she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.
There have been women I have loved ... A lot, as discreetly as possible.