Anthony Trollope on marriage

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

He was not so anxious to prove himself right, as to be so.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

Amy Bloomborn 1953

• Love

Basically my wife was immature. I’d be at home in my bath and she’d come in and sink my boats.

Woody Allenborn 1935Standup Comic (1999)

• Comedy

My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not you’ll become a philosopher.

Socrates470–399 BC

• Philosophy