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.

Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

This is what marriage is all about - Man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.

A man's best friend is a good wife.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.