“Marriage is the cure of love, and friendship the cure of marriage.”

“What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”

Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

“Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.”

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer

“A man’s friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage—but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.”

Samuel Butler book The Way of All Flesh

“Love is the primary cure of all the diseases. But no one knows the cure of love.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“A successful marriage puts an end to feminine friendships; but if marriage is a failure, the young woman must have others to confide in.”

André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer

“Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.”

John D. MacDonald (1916–1986) writer from the United States