“To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can be brought for an example that it may be done and not repented afterwards.” IfsMayDoneMarriageExampleCoupleThousandTen Book:The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple Source: The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple
“What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree.” IfsWorldTwoAgeMarriageCoupleTenMarriedMiracleAgreePublish Book:Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54 Source: Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54