Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.
That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.
The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.
The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.