“Daughter!
Get you an honest Man for a Husband,
and keep him honest.
No matter whether he is rich,
provided he is independent.
Regard the Honour and moral Character of the Man
more than all other Circumstances.
Think of no other Greatness but that of the soul,
no other Riches but those of the Heart.
An honest, Sensible humane Man,
above all the Littlenesses of Vanity,
and Extravagances of Imagination,
laboring to do good rather than be rich,
to be useful rather than make a show,
living in a modest Simplicity
clearly within his Means and free from Debts or Obligations,
is really the most respectable Man in Society,
makes himself and all about him the most happy.”
~ John Adams, Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
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