Marriage is like picking a parcel from numerous parcels. If you are lucky you pick a valuable one. It does not depend at all on the length of the courtship.

Good girls are rare, as rare as a precious pearl, but one finds the precious pearl if one has patience.

In my youth, there was no stealing. If you stole you were sold as a slave. If your property was stolen, you simply went to one of the idols and prayed him to visit the thief. Before two or three days, you recovered your property. But these Church-goers have spoilt everything. They tell us our gods have no power, so our people continue to steal.