A true marriage is a natural concord and agreement of souls, a harmony in which discord is not even imagined; it is a mingling so perfect that only one seems to exist; all other considerations are lost; the present seems to be eternal. In this supreme moment there is no shadow - or the shadow is as luminous as light. And when two beings thus love, thus unite, this is the true marriage of soul and soul. That which is said before the altar, or minister, or magistrate, or in the presence of witnesses, is only the outward evidence of that which has already happened within; it simply testifies to a union that has already taken place - to the uniting of two mornings of hope to reach the night together.

A man looks at the sea, and the sea says something to him. It makes an impression on his mind. It awakens his memory, and this impression depends upon his expe…

Above all creeds, above all religions, after all, is that divine thing, - Humanity.

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

I love being married, I do. It's so great to find that one special person that you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very …

Ad hoc, coniugalis amor et fidelis et exclusorius est, usque ad vitae extremum;