“Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them. ”

“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”

“Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.”

“As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!”

“Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.”

“Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.”