“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.”

“But don't you think one can be happy when on is married?Perfectly happy. But the happiness of a married man, my dear Gerald, depends on the people he has not married.But if one is in love?One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”

“One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”

“The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.”

“The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.”

“I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.”

“You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”