Generally speaking, one without wife and children is thought not to rent a house;one without the help of the petticoat relations is, by no means, to secure an official position;

• 照大体看来，想租房子的时候，是无眷莫问的，想做官的时候，又是朝里无裙莫做官的，想写文章的时候，是独身者不能写我的妻的，凡此种种似乎都是结婚的好。