He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

Marriage is about compromise, it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

Sometimes it’s better to reserve judgment …

Let me preface this column by saying this: my wife (I have to get used to saying that) and I not only waited sexually in every way (no, we didn’t pull the Bill Clinton and technically avoid “sex” sex,) but we didn’t shack up as live-ins and most importantly, we courted each other in a way that was consistent with our publicly professed values. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/waiting-till-the-wedding-night-getting-married-the-right-way

In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.

’Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. He is the very pineapple of politeness!

Sometimes you need to allow life to save you from getting what you want.

That's what's so touching about weddings: Two people fall in love, and decide to see if their love might stand up over time, if there might be enough grace and forgiveness and memory lapses to help the whole shebang hang together.

6185. Marry in Haste, and Repent at Leisure ;
It's good to marry late, or never.

a happy marriage can be a vexation, that it’s a contract best renewed and renewed again, even quietly and privately — even alone.

It is good to be patient because not all that glitters is gold. My marriage has been a success because I practiced patience.

In deliberation we may hesitate; but a deliberated act must be performed swiftly.

I think a great many marriages would be saved if people would behave toward one another with the same courtesy that they would extend to someone whom they really didn't know as well as a marriage necessarily implies. … It's not very easy to do, but it is surely easier to do than to haggle and nag and fight and bitch and yelp at one another as you hear a lot of married people doing … They seem to feel that the familiarity of affection permits anything, including insult.