“Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”

— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1734)

About Benjamin Franklin

1706 – 1790

American statesman, scientist, printer and writer, who published 'Poor Richard's Almanack' for many years.

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

“Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may'st a Friend into an Enemy.”

“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.”

“A man may be a fool and not know it—but not if he is married.”

“Marriage is the fullness of time.”

“It was the triumph of hope over experience.”

“Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human offspring.”

“If there be laughter in your heart Don't hold it for tomorrow.”