A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple
A poor relation
A, B, C, D, E, Your public library has arranged these in ways that make you cry, giggle, laugh, love, hate, wonder, ponder and understand ( American Library Association advertising slogan )
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way ( the opening line of Anna Karenina )
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife ( the opening line of Pride and Prejudice )