ssure itself.

Surrender after a protracted siege has its advantages. At all events
both M and N can look back to more demi-semi happy incidents when the
courtship has been long.

Happy that couple can laugh over the incidents of courtship afterwards.
'T is a portent of impending ill if they cannot.

* * *

Half-heartedness in courtship is not only suicidal, it is murderous. On
the other hand, remember that

In courtship there are various and varying stages. But there is always
the home-gallop. Remember, too, that

What is suitable at one stage of courtship is ruinous at another. And

It is only the old whip who knows when to push the pace:

In courtship to force the running is hazardous. Though we win, the
victory loses its sweets. And

In courtship, men too often ride on the snaffle; in matrimony, too often
on the curb.

* * *

Courtship asks for cash payment. Matrimony has often to allow unlimited
credit. Insolvency is not unknown.

* * *

In courtship, all auxiliaries but the rival. No one will impede a lover
save another lover.

* * *

In the presence of a woman, man is by nature a diffident animal. The
women who recognize this are often the most successful. Indeed,

Many are the refined and gentle women who in after life regret that they
did not more openly cope with their less delicately-minded sisters.
Nevertheless,

Nothing is more astonishing than a woman's tact in encouraging a man.

* * *

In courtship modulated and musical tones count for much. Who with harsh
speech would assail a lady's ear?

* * *

No woman thinks she can be wooed too often. And

Few women can forgo an opportunity to fascinate.

* * *

In courtship the woman is the whole world to the man; in matrimony the
man is the whole world to the woman.

* * *

In courtship the slightest suspicion of condescension is fatal. For

True love is a greater leveler than anarchy.

* * *

In courtship, the wooer to the wooed is, in Juliet's phrase, the god of
her idolatry; in matrimony he is lucky if he is the idol of her deity.

* * *

It is a question which is the sweeter: a spontaneous courtship, or one
that has sprung from friendship.

In a spontaneous courtship there is all the charm of novelty;

In a courtship that has grown out of affection there is all the
trustfulness of friendship. But

Friendship and courtship are two totally distinct things:

In courtship, men and women meet on the flo