Before marriage, a man declares he would lay down his life to serve you;
after marriage, he won't even lay down his paper to talk to you.
-- Helen Rowland
Related:
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profi is ready to lay
down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he
has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances
for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man....