More permanent and genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

Many brief follies-that is what you call love. And your marriage puts an end to many brief follies, with a single long stupidity.

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

If I am asked what I think about family life after 25 years of marriage, I can answer with equal simplicity and conviction, I am for it.

Make sure you have your own life before becoming someone's wife.