A good marriage is a gift from God.

Good marriages are built upon a combination of emotional love and a common commitment to a core of beliefs about what is important in life and what we wish to do with our lives. Speaking each other's primary love language creates the emotional climate where these beliefs can be fleshed out in daily life.

And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

[Marriage] is the tomb of love.

marriage is the tomb of love

And for yourself, may the gods grant you
Your heart's desire, a husband and a home,
And the blessing of a harmonious life.
For nothing is greater or finer than this,
When a man and woman live together
With one heart and mind, bringing joy
To their friends and grief to their foes.

Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

What maintains the marriage and what is it? Only the knowledge of the hearts, that is its beginning and end.

The most essential emotional element in a happy and healthy marriage is love.

God, our loving Creator, created two sexes. So, femininity and masculinity are linked to the design of God. You see this in a good marriage; each partner anticipates the other’s needs, and appreciates the other's gifts. I've seen this in the marriage of my own parents, who have been married for 72 years. Their love is so beautiful, and their complementarity so evident.

The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth,
Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet,
Sinews of concord, earthly immortality,
Eternity of pleasures; no restoratives
Like to a constant woman!

Marriage is memory, marriage is time. Marriage is not only time: it is also, parodoxically, the denial of time.