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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

In married life three is company and two none.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

Sticking with a marriage. That’s true grit, man.

I don’t have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does – and I’m much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be.