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[Written in shorthand]
Maxims for [the] Marriage [by Arthur Conan Doyle]
1. Since you are married make the best of it.
2. So make some maxims and try to live up to them.
3. And do not be discouraged if you fail. You could well fail but perhaps you won't fail.
4. Never both be cross at the same time. Wait your turn.
5. Never cease to be lovers. If you cease someone else may begin.
6. You were gentleman and lady before you were husband and wife. Don't forget it.
7. Keep yourself at you best. It is a compliment to your partner.
8. Keep you ideal high. You may miss it but it is better to miss a high wind than to hit a low wind.
9. A blind love is the foolish love. Encourage the best in each other's need.
10. Permanent mutual respect is necessary for permanent mutual love. A woman can live without respect but a man cannot.
11. The tight cord is the easiest to snap.
12. Let there be one law for both.
13. There is only one thing worse than quarrels in public. That is caresses.
14. Money is not essential to happiness but be able to easily have enough.
15. So save some.
16. An easy way of saving is to do without things.
17. If you cannot then you had better do without a wife.
18. The man who respects his wife does not turn her into a [mendicant]. Give her a purse of her own.
19. If you save, save at your own expense.
20. In all matters of money, prepare always for the worst and hope for the best.out