Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.
Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.
True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.
For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.
If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.