Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet...they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon.

当然，妻子和孩子是人类的一种纪律;而单身男人，虽然他们要比单身男人宽宏大量得多，因为他们的收入更少，但是……他们更残忍，心肠更硬(善于进行严厉的审讯)，因为他们的柔情不常被需要。