PART XVIII.
Conjugal Principles and Truths.
I.
A husband is generally the architect of his own misfortunes.
II.
Love does not stand still. It moves — forward or backward.
III.
A husband should never indulge in pleasures which he has not the talent to render reciprocal.
IV.
Conjugal pleasures should never degenerate into habits.
V.
Modesty is a feminine attribute which should be preserved or cultivated, but never destroyed.
VI.
Prodigality of personal charms leads Love to bankruptcy.
VII.
Women like to feel that a man desires to grant what he may be compelled to refuse.
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