Marriage Archives - Jewish Quotations

"Every bride is beautiful." ~~ Talmud: Ketubot, 17a

"Three things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married love." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"A man should not quarrel with his wife to please his parents." ~~ Sefer Chassidim

"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. " ~~ Henry Youngman

"There never was a wedding without a worry." ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"Every widower finds his world darkened." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin

"Marriages are made in heaven. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.

"What is the proper age for wedlock? When you are young, it is too soon, and when you are old, too late." ~~ Wallach

"A beautiful wife enlarges a man’s spirit." ~~ [adapted from] Talmud, Berakot 57b

"A wife is one’s heart’s delight." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"It is not good for Man to be alone. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 2:18

"I never call my wife “wife”: I call her “home”—for it is she who makes my home." ~~ [adapted from] Talmud, Shabbat 118b