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's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's 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.