Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

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As for my brothers, of whom I had three, I know not how they were bred.

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For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

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Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

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As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity.

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For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.

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Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.

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My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery.

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First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women.

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In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

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