Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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9.92. A maiden who choses for herself, shall not take with her any ornaments, given by her father or her mother,
or her brothers; if she carries them away, it will be theft.
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9.93. But he who takes (to wife) a marriageable damsel, shall not pay any nuptial fee to her father; for the
(latter) will lose his dominion over her in consequence of his preventing (the legitimate result of the appearance
of) her enemies.
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9.94. A man, aged thirty years, shall marry a maiden of twelve who pleases him, or a man of twenty-four a girl
eight years of age; if (the performance of) his duties would (otherwise) be impeded, (he must marry) sooner.
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9.95. The husband receives his wife from the gods, (he does not wed her) according to his own will; doing what
is agreeable to the gods, he must always support her (while she is) faithful.
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9.96. To be mothers were women created, and to be fathers men; religious rites, therefore, are ordained in the
Veda to be performed (by the husband) together with the wife.
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9.97. If, after the nuptial fee has been paid for a maiden, the giver of the fee dies, she shall be given in marriage
to his brother, in case she consents.
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9.98. Even a Sudra ought not to take a nuptial fee, when he gives away his daughter; for he who takes a fee sell
his daughter, covering (the transaction by another name).
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9.99. Neither ancients nor moderns who were good men have done such (a deed) that, after promising (a
daughter) to one man, they have her to another;
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9.100. Nor, indeed, have we heard, even in former creations, of such (a thing as) the covert sale of a daughter
for a fixed price, called a nuptial fee.
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9.101. ’Let mutual fidelity continue until death,’ this may be considered as the summary of the highest law for
husband and wife.