Husband and wife ought to maintain entire confidence in each other, have no secrets each from the other; don’t quarrel; have forbearance for each other’s failings; you have neither of you married an angel. Remember, husband, that of every dollar you own, fifty cents belongs to your wife; she is an equal partner with you in the business of life; don’t compel her to become a mere household drudge, working for her board and clothes; she did not marry you for that. Try to see the good points of your husband or wife; don’t magnify the faults; we are all only human; don’t have the first quarrel and the second will never come.
Golden Precepts.
Let the rebuke be preceded by a kiss.
Don’t require a request to be repeated.
Never should both be angry at the same time.
Be lovers all your life. Let the courtship be continued after marriage.
Never neglect the other for all the world beside.
Let each strive always to accommodate the other.
Let the angry word be answered with a kiss.
Bestow your warmest sympathies in each other’s trials.