ABSTRACT

Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living (1650) 14 One was never married, and that’s his hell, another is, and that’s his plague.

Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) 15 There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or

company than a good marriage. Martin Luther, Table Talk (1569)

16 Never marry but for love, but see that thou lovest what is lovely. William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude (1693)

17 A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.