. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . CHAPTER XXir. THEY HAD A FEW WORDS. Something light as air—a look,A word unkind or wrongly taken—Oh, love, that tempests never shook,A breath, a touch like this hath shaken,And ruder words will soon rush inTo spread the breach that words begin.—Moore. Married life should be a sweet, harmonious song, and, like one ofMendelssohns, without Tvorc/s. —Judy, HEN the sunshine of domestic bliss has becomemore or less clouded by quarrels between ahusband and wife, observers very often describethe state of affairs by the euphemism at the h
. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . CHAPTER XXir. THEY HAD A FEW WORDS. Something light as air—a look,A word unkind or wrongly taken—Oh, love, that tempests never shook,A breath, a touch like this hath shaken,And ruder words will soon rush inTo spread the breach that words begin.—Moore. Married life should be a sweet, harmonious song, and, like one ofMendelssohns, without Tvorc/s. —Judy, HEN the sunshine of domestic bliss has becomemore or less clouded by quarrels between ahusband and wife, observers very often describethe state of affairs by the euphemism at the headof this chapter. They had a few words —thisEs the immediate cause of many a domestic catastrophe. Ayoung man was sent to Socrates to learn oratory. On beingintroduced to the philosopher he talked so incessantly asked for double fees. Why charge me double?*. 202 HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED. said the young fellow. Because, said Socrates, I must teachyou two sciences; the one how to hold your tongue, and theother how to speak. It is impossible foi people to be happyin matrimony who will not learn the first of these sciences. We do not know whether Simonides was or was not man, but we fancy he must have been, for he used tosay that he never regretted holding his tongue, but very oftenwas sorry for having spoken. Seest thou a man that is hastyin his words ? There is more hope of a fool than of second thoughts suggest palliatives and allowances thattemper prevents us from noticing. The simple act of self-denial in restraining the expression of unpleasant feelings orharsh thoughts is the foundation stone of a happy home. Fornothing draws people so closely together as the constant expe-rience of mutual pleasure, and nothing so quickly drives themasunder as the frequent endurance of pain caused by oneanothers presence. One
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