If I ever took a husband, I’ve always said,
it wouldn’t be no learned man I’d wed.
Wit’s not the thing you need around the house,
And it’s no joy to have a bookish spouse.
“Thinking is all this household thinks about, and reasoning has driven reason out.” -Chrysale, Act Two, Scene Seven
“We play what parts we’re given, here below; Wishing to be a wit won’t make one so.” -Henriette, Act Three, Scene Two