I would not trade my Kate for France and Venice for three reasons:  (1) Because God has given her to me and me to her. (2) I have seen, time and again, that other women have more faults than my Kate. (3) She is a faithful marriage partner; she is loyal and has integrity….To have grace and peace in marriage is a gift second only to the knowledge of the Gospel. “Kate, you have a god-fearing man who loves you. You are an empress; realize it and thank God for it.” From one of Martin Luther’s “Table Talks” as printed in Katharina Von Bora