To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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