The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,
Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
Wedding Quotes
Wikiquote has no wedding page of its own to draw on, so this one is a blend of the marriage, love and romance pages. Only one quote in the data is filed under weddings directly: Ambrose Bierce’s entry in The Devil’s Dictionary (1911), a definition of the ceremony as a joke about who ends up as nothing. It is funny and it is not for a toast.
For a reading or a speech, the love and romance material is the better bet. Shakespeare and Byron are both here. Look at the source line under each quote before you print it on anything.
And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath
Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth.
Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in love’s philosophy.
Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,
I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.
When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.
To have failed in everything, always, out of a love of discouragement.
T' abhor the makers, and their laws approve,
Is to hate traitors and the treason love.
Calms appear, when storms are past,
Love will have its hour at last.
I hate the day, because it lendeth light
To see all things, but not my love to see.
Is not thilke the mery moneth of May,
When love lads masken in fresh aray?
Open the temple gates unto my love,
Open them wide that she may enter in.
Song made in lieu of many ornaments,
With which my love should duly have bene dect.