CHAPTER XVII. 117 



I therefore advise all young men to marry early. If not for the 

 State, then for their own health and longevity. 



Life is a good deal like a rose hush. The thorns we have with us 

 always. The only thing that makes the rose bush tolerable is its 

 moment of love, represented in the rose. Life Is but a straggling bush; 

 the thorns are always present. It is sound sense to develop the roses, 

 which can alone be done by healthy love. 



