Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.

According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege.

Not to sink under being man and wife,But get some color and music out of life?

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.