Be not always in each other's company; it is often good to be alone;
And if there be too much sameness, ye cannot but grow weary of each other:
Ye have each a soul to be nourished, and a mind to be taught in wisdom,
Therefore, as accountable for time, help one another to improve it.
If ye feel love to decline, track out quickly the secret cause;
Let it not rankle for a day, but confess and bewail it together:
Speedily seek to be reconciled, for love is the life of marriage;
And be ye co-partners in triumph, conquering the peevishness of self.
Let no one have thy confidence, O wife, saving thine husband:
Have not a friend more intimate, O husband, than thy wife.