e best principles,
expose himself to very disagreeable sensations, from sentiments
inadvertently dropped, or a confidence improperly reposed!--What,
but silence, can be recommended to them; since, in breaking it: so
much danger is incurred, among those little interested in our
welfare? A good heart, it is true, need not fear the exposition of
its amiable contents:--But, alas, is it always a security for us,
that we mean well, when our expressions are liable to be
misconstrued by such as appear to lie in wait only to pervert them
to some ungenerous purpose?]

"The charms, then, of social life, and the sweets of domestic
conversation, are pre-eminent. What more agreeable than the converse of
an intelligent, amiable, interesting friend; and who more intelligent
than a well educated female? What more engaging than gentleness and
sensibility itself? Or what friend more interesting, than one we have
selected from the whole world, as a companion in every vicissitude of
life?"

[_NY Weekly_: Panegyric on Marriage:

The charms, then, of social life, and the sweets of domestic
conversation, are no small incitements to the marriage state.--What
more agreeable than the conversation of an intelligent, amiable, and
interesting friend? But who more intelligent than a well-educated
female? What more amiable than gentleness and sensibility itself? Or
what friend more interesting than such a one as we have selected
from the whole world, to be our steady companion, in every
vicissitude of seasons or of life?]

"If either party be versed in music, what a tide of innocent pleasure
must it prove, to be able to soothe in adversity, to humanize in
prosperity, to compose in jargon, and to command serenity in every
situation? How charming a relaxation from the necessary avocations of
business on the one hand, and the employments at home, in domestic
affairs, on the other! And as a finale, to chant the praises of the
Almighty in hymns of praise and thanksgiving."

[_NY Weekly_: Panegyric on Marriage:

If either of these parties be versed in music, what a tide of
innocent delight must it prove,--to soothe in adversity, to humanize
in prosperity, to compose in noise, and to command serenity in every
situation.... How charming a relaxation from the necessary
avocations of business!----"Of business do you say?"--Yes; for I
number this too, among the pleasures of the happily married. Let th