"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.”

“To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.”

“But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.”

“A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.”

“Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.”

“Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.”

“Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves." "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.”

“It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.”

“My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.”