I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have known a few good marriages, but very few. And others look to me like they're pretty miserable. I don't really think that's a recipe for happiness.
There is no guarantee what will give you happiness any which way. I know many married people who are unhappy.
I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.
I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.
I actually have blissfully romantic views of marriage, because that has been my experience of it.
If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.
Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.