Cle。Yourecollectattherightmoment，Stranger，anddonotmisstheopportunitywhichtheargumentaffordsofsayingawordinseason。
Ath。Ithankyou。Wewillsaytohimwhoisbornofgoodparents-O
myson，yououghttomakesuchamarriageaswisemenwouldapprove。
Nowtheywouldadviseyouneithertoavoidapoormarriage，norspeciallytodesirearichone；butifotherthingsareequal，alwaystohonourinferiors，andwiththemtoformconnections；-thiswillbeforthebenefitofthecityandofthefamilieswhichareunited；fortheequableandsymmetricaltendsinfinitelymoretovirtuethantheunmixed。Andhewhoisconsciousofbeingtooheadstrong，andcarriedawaymorethanisfittinginallhisactions，oughttodesiretobecometherelationoforderlyparents；
andhewhoisoftheoppositetemperoughttoseektheoppositealliance。Lettherebeonewordconcerningallmarriages：-Everymanshallfollow，notafterthemarriagewhichismostpleasingtohimself，butafterthatwhichismostbeneficialtothestate。Forsomehoweveryoneisbynaturepronetothatwhichislikesttohimself，andinthiswaythewholecitybecomesunequalinpropertyandindisposition；andhencethereariseinmoststatestheveryresultswhichweleastdesiretohappen。Now，toaddtothelawanexpressprovision，notonlythattherichmanshallnotmarryintotherichfamily，northepowerfulintothefamilyofthepowerful，butthattheslowernaturesshallbecompelledtoenterintomarriagewiththequicker，andthequickerwiththeslower，mayawakenangeraswellaslaughterinthemindsofmany；forthereisadifficultyinperceivingthatthecityoughttobewellmingledlikeacup，inwhichthemaddeningwineishotandfiery，butwhenchastenedbyasobererGod，receivesafairassociateandbecomesanexcellentandtemperatedrink。Yetinmarriagenooneisabletoseethatthesameresultoccurs。Whereforealsothelawmustletalonesuchmatters，butweshouldtrytocharmthespiritsofmenintobelievingtheequabilityoftheirchildren’sdispositiontobeofmoreimportancethanequalityinexcessivefortunewhentheymarry；andhimwhoistoodesirousofmakingarichmarriageweshouldendeavourtoturnasidebyreproaches，not，however，byanycompulsionofwrittenlaw。