Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.
Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of oneself.
Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.
Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.