wherein they live, which engageth their affections to the greater
loyalty." "Matrimony hath something in it of nature, something of
civility, something of divinity," says Bishop Hall. "Though matrimony
may have some pains, celibacy has few pleasures," says old Dr. Johnson,
a bachelor. Again says he: "Marriage is the best state for man in
general; and every man is a worse man in proportion as he is unfit for
the married state." "Marriage is an institution," says Sir Richard
Steele "celebrated for a constant scene of as much delight as our being
is capable of."