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Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.

-- Rose Franken

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.

-- Benjamin Franklin

Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

-- Benjamin Franklin

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

-- Benjamin Franklin

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

-- Benjamin Franklin

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.

-- Sigmund Freud

Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies. Tell her: "Kath, you just go right ahead and do what you feel is right." Unless you actually care for her, in which case you must see to it that she has no male contact whatsoever.

-- Bruce Jay Friedman

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really_ attractive.

-- Bruce Friedman

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

-- Erich Fromm

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.

-- Libbie Fudim

Choose a wife by your ear than your eye.

-- Thomas Fuller, 1732