“Better to separate than never to marry.”
“You don't get married for yourself, you get married because you're better together than separate.”
“St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry.”
“Better to be whipped than humoured; better to be crushed than cherished.… It was a woman told me that. I live in a world of men, my dear,’ Lymond had said. ‘I love you all, but I shall never marry you.”
“Is this better or worse than being married and living in the suburbs? Better or worse? Who can tell?”
“There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood.”