"Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive." ― Antisthenes Topic(s): Marriage More From Antisthenes "As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion." More In Marriage "In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape."― Gerald Brenan "I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a – a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government."― Michele Bachmann "Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states."― Judy Biggert