"The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly." ― Peter De Vries Topic(s): Marriage More From Peter De Vries "The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character." "I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school." "The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums." More In Marriage "Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman."― Mike Rounds "Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive."― Antisthenes "And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age."― Lisa See