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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That is the position I have had for some time, and I do not intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.

I do not think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

I am not for gay marriage, but I am not for discriminating against people.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

Marriage is not a noun it is a verb. It is not something you get. It is something you do. It is the way you love your partner every day.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.

If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account.

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.