1. “The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew, if you wished it.” 2. “I cannot imagine myself living without some opinions, but I should wish to have good reasons for them, and a wise man could help me to see which opinions had the best foundation, and would help me to live according to them.” 3. “He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities.”