Two people who are to live together as man and wife must be compatible in tastes and temper.
You cannot mix oil and water.

It is these selfish marriages which keep our divorce courts busy.

Money alone won't buy happiness in marriage." "No," sighed Mrs.Ryder, "no one knows that better than I." The financier's wife was already most favourably impressed with her guest, and she chatted on as if she had known Shirley for years.

It was rarely that she had heard so young a woman express such common-sense views, and the more she talked with her the less surprised she was that she was the author of a much-discussed book.

Finally, thinking that Shirley might prefer to be alone, she rose to go, bidding her make herself thoroughly at home and to ring for anything she might wish.