1. Men who marry too young, unless they are of cold and phlegmatic constitution, and thus moderate in their conduct, become partially bald, dim of sight, and lose all elasticity of limb in a few years.

    - Anonymous, The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information (1896) [full text]

     
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