Beautiful but is it possible?

I came across this quote today...I thought it was beautiful...although I'm not sure it's possible.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. William Penn
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