The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.

“And they are unjust to us often, for when they find life bitter they blame us f…”

“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has…”

“The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible.  What the second dut…”

“I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it ou…”