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278 ridiculously, for fear of being thought ridiculous. We are slaves to fashion, appetite, and sense. In the future we shall learn how Spirit, the great architect, creates men and women who are too good to be blotted out. We ought to weary of the fleeting and false, and cherish nothing which hinders one's highest selfhood.

Frugality, as well as affection, is essential to domestic prosperity; but to silence the voice of conscience, in order to gain wealth, is to trade without profit.

The genius of woman shrinks from controversy with a knave or a fool.

A true man respects the character of a woman, but a mouse will gnaw in the dark at a spotless garment.

Culture and refinement are not adjuncts of the toilet, but things of the head and heart.

Innocence is a gem, worn in utter unconsciousness of pickpockets.

Husbands who try to dissipate care in the convivial club are poor stock for the matrimonial market. A husband is either his wife's best friend or worst enemy.

“Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised,” saith the proverb.

A bad woman is a human leper, dangerous to all who approach her.

In marriage, avoid disparities in age, taste, culture, and morals. Always choose those qualities which wear well.