Let the rebuke be preceded by a kiss.
Don’t require a request to be repeated.
Never should both be angry at the same time.
Be lovers all your life. Let the courtship be continued after marriage.
Never neglect the other for all the world beside.
Let each strive always to accommodate the other.
Let the angry word be answered with a kiss.
Bestow your warmest sympathies in each other’s trials.
Criticize as little as possible, but if you find it necessary to criticize, make your criticism in the most loving manner possible.
Make no display of the sacrifices you make for each other.
Never make remarks calculated to bring ridicule upon the other.
Never deceive; confidence once lost can never be wholly regained.
Always use the most loving and gentle words when addressing each other.
Let each study what pleasure he can bestow upon the other during the day.
Always leave home with a tender good-bye and loving words. They may be the last.
Consult and advise together in all things.
When you feel like quarrelling, discuss the whole thing together and you will come to an amicable settlement.
Never reproach the other, especially in the presence of others, for an error which was committed with a good motive and with the best judgment at the time.
Don’t tell your friends the faults of your husband or wife.