Alas! Alas! Wise men pass a dressy lass

There is an article by an old Puritan author called "Before You Marry!". Yes, the exclamation point is actually included in the title. It gives some very good counsel to men and women before they marry and after, but for the most part the header I found funny. Each header has a short excerpt beneath it with either witty sayings or rhymes concerning the topic or just has some plain text to get to the point. Anyway, all that to say, I'm didn't post the article, but i did include a few of the headers. You sometimes can't tell by the title what the topic will be on until you start reading and then you understand why he worded the header the way he did.

-Before you marry, have a house wherein to tarry.

-Marriage is either kill or cure.

-Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

-Right mixture makes good mortar.

-He who ‘courts in sport’ may be caught in earnest.
-He who marries a fool is a fool.
-A rich man may make a poor husband.
-Alas! Alas! Wise men pass a dressy lass.
-The house is the woman's dominion.
-Buttons all right are husbands’ delight.
-Expensive wife makes pensive husband.
-If your husband is a dog, don't be a cat.
-A fair face may be a foul bargain.
-The wife that loves the looking-glass hates the saucepan.