MR. PUNCH'S BOOK OF LOVE
Advice to Persons who have "Fallen in Love."—Fall out.
Advice to Persons about to Marry.—Don't.
Encouraging.—George (who has just engaged himself to the Girl of his heart) breaks the happy news to his friend Jack (who has been married some time).—Jack. "Ah! well, my dear fellow, marriage is the best thing in the long run, and I can assure you that after a year or two a man gets used to it, and feels just as jolly as if he'd never married at all!"
A Definition.—Flirtation: a spoon with nothing in it.
Domestic.—It was a homely but pungent observation, on the part of a man of much experience and observation, that marriage without love was like tripe without onions.
Adage by a Young Lady.—Man proposes, but mamma disposes.
By a Beastly Old Bachelor.—A married man's fate (in brief).—Hooked, booked, cooked.
Describe a Home-Circle.—The wedding ring.
How to fix the Happy Day.—Q. When's the best day for a wedding? A. Why, of course, "A Weddin's day."