These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife.

Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.

How hard a thing 'twould be to please you all.

You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.

Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root?

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.

There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!