When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. You may delay, but time will not. Life has no rehearsals, only performances. No matter how much spin, effort, lunch or dinner you give the media, they will not fail to notice whether you have won or lost. When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
It is easier to be critical than correct. Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are. The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it. For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.