"Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes." ― J. B. Priestley Topic(s): Marriage More From J. B. Priestley "I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." "Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile." "There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going." More In Marriage "A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity."― Sol Wachtler "The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character."― Peter De Vries "I am a firm believer in marriage. In the future I will be married."― Elisabetta Canalis