Quote from Frasier in And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (Part 2)
Daphne: Explain to me again how you and Mel masquerading as husband and wife is a good thing? Niles: Well... Frasier: If I may? Uh, Daphne, it's basically to give Mel a little wiggle room so she can get out of this debacle with her dignity intact. Daphne: And what about Niles's dignity? Frasier: Well, Maris got that in the divorce.