“ I persume you will confess, that I have undertaken a very great task, it being an age that the Men set very high value on themselves, insinuating with all the assurance imaginable, that a Husband is the Summum bonum of all sublunary blessings, and the want of a Husband is the greatest affliction. ”

“ Again, when the Tide turns, and Deary's Spirits frisk in his Veins, tho’ you may be of an even Temper, and know nothing what Flatus means, he’ll think you disobliging unless you skip and play like a Morrice-Dancer.
So between serious and gay,
You'll divide all your life;
Too cheerful or dull
For such a Man's Wife.
There’s another sort of Wretch call’d a Miser, and Money is the only Idol he adores; If Celia, thro’ the Benefit of a good Education, should have a just Estimate of Things and hate Mammon ”

“ Notwithstanding this, in all general Rulers, there are some good Men which one would ever dare to marry; such a Man is not to be won with Airs, and languishing Looks, fine dress, and twirling the Fan; this only engages the Fop and Fool. The person that I would recommend to your choice is a Man of Principles, as to Honour and Honesty,Humility and Integrity, of calm Temper and Ingenious Education, wise without the Character of being a Wit, religious without being superstitious, Lover of his Country, not stiff to a Party, beneficent and candid, without Partiality or Hypocrisy. ”

“ He, Narcissus like, will be ever ogling himself in a Looking glass, and daily falling in Love with his own Phiz, though perhaps all the while but one Remove from a Monkey; whilst neglected Celia mobs up her own charming Face pretends poor Creature to hate Jewels and Dress because Fop must have a 50 Guinea Wig, &c. and whilst he is strutting in the Park or Play, the only Felicity left her is a pot of Coffee, and perhaps some generous She Friend, that comes to mix Tears with her, and condole her worse than Egyptian Slavery! ”

“ As this science contains the sum of all human policy, and as there is no passage through the world without sometimes mixing with fools and knaves; who would not chuse to be master of the enigmatical art, in order an proper occasions, to be able to lead aside craft and impertinence from their aim by the convenient artifice of a prudent disguise. ”

“ Lastly, the Hypochondriacal, tho' they are Persons who design not much Harm, yet the unhappy she that promises to obey, has a devilish hard Task of it. With these you will lead such a sort of a Life as those in Bedlam; that is the say quite renounces your Reason, and be obliged to call Black White, or the contrary, according to his Humour; For when Dear is dull, tho’ you're never so gay, you must look pensive and melancholy, or else you’re quite undone. ”

“ Beware, thirdly, of a Self-opinionated, grave, documenting Thing, the very Grand Signior for Tyranny, that nods at his Wife at Table, and speaks more by Winks and Signs than Words. Conversation of Mutes must certainly be very agreeable; and in a little Time, without the Trouble of Speaking to, You'll know when to hold up your Head, Miss; how to stand and kneel at Church. And being a Man of Literature, he will commend Quarles s Emblems to your study, and the more you get by Rote, the better after he will esteem you; his grave Reprimands will often remind you of your School-mistress ”

“ If you design to marry, you must banish from your Countenance and Favour forever, four sorts of Men, viz. a Beau, a Rattle, a Self-opinionated Fool, and one subject to the Hypo.
For admitting the Addresses of any of these will only protract Time, and come to nothing; for they not knowing their own Minds one hour, will eternally teaze you. One while they'll be in all the Transports and Raptures of a passionate Lover ”

“ No,the method I would have you pursue is to imitate the Character of Soloman's wise Woman, whose Prince is above Rubies ; the Heart of whose Husband may safely trust in her. For this Man, as every Creature loves his like ”