William Makepeace Thackeray on marriage

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. Some of us can’t: and are proud of our impotence, too.

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