1886

Marriage Advice from 1886

Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger.

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend 

a little than to break.

Believe the best rather than the worst.

People have a way of living up or down to your opinion

of them.

Remember that true friendship is the basis for any lasting

relationship. The person you choose to marry is deserving

of the courtesies and kindnesses you bestow on 

your friends.

Please hand this down to your children and your 

children's children: The more things change the more they

are the same.

by Jane Wells (1886)