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"The ancient saying is no heresy—

Hanging and wiving go by destiny."

"But now consider the old proverbs to be true y saieth: that marriage is destinie."—Hall's Chronicles.

If marriages be made in heaven some had few friends there.

Ne'er seek a wife till ye hae a house and a fire burning.

More belongs to a bed than four bare legs.

Marriage is honourable, but housekeeping is a shrew.

Sweetheart and honey-bird keeps no house.

"Marry, marry, and what about the housekeeping?" (Portuguese).ssss1 "Remember," said a French lady to her son, who was about to make an imprudent match, "remember that in wedded life there is only one thing which continues every day the same, and that is the necessity of making the pot boil." "He that marries for love has good nights and bad days" (French).ssss1 "Before you marry have where to tarry," (Italian);ssss1 and remember that

A wee house has a wide throat.

It costs something to support a family, however small; and "It is easier to build two hearths than always to have a fire on one" (German).ssss1