"Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth." ― Judith Wright Topic(s): Marriage More In Marriage "The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife’s spirits."― John Gay "The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors."― William Hazlitt "Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won’t even lay down his newspaper to talk to you."― Helen Rowland