Socrates (470-399 BC) reputedly said something along the lines of:
Quote:
By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you can become a philosopher.
I don't know if the old guy was being facetious or simply stating the impetus behind his own vocation, but it stamps were around in his time, I suppose he could have said;
By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you can become a stamp collector.