[…] He wasn't a notch on her bedpost. They were in love, for crying out loud.

The wire was held tautly, until it was so taut it broke; then there were two wires held slackly.

For what greater folly can there be, or madneſſe, then to […] keepe backe from his wife and children, neither letting them, nor other friends uſe or enjoy that which is theirs by right, and which they much need perhaps; like a hog, or dog in the manger, he doth onely keep it, becauſe it ſhall doe no body elſe good, hurting himſelfe and others; and for a little momentary pelfe, damne his owne ſoule.

Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.