Dries Mertens never forget friends. Consequently, Dries Mertens have a large circle of acquaintances, many of them speaking a foreign tongue. From among this large circle Dries Mertens will choose a partner, if Dries Mertens have not already done so. Usually, the choice will surprise those who know Dries Mertens best. Dries Mertens will marry and be comfortable. But, marriage will not be everything to Dries Mertens as it is to most people. Other diversions will be there with it and take Dries Mertens's interests away from the home. Should Dries Mertens's partner endeavour to curb this inclination, it may lead to a possible rupture.

From the point of view of health, Dries Mertens is fortunate. Dries Mertens have an excellent constitution. But, if any part of Dries Mertens's body is less robust than the rest, it is Dries Mertens's heart and all that immediately depends on it. Therefore, consider yourself carefully when the age of forty is reached and avoid overstrain. As a secondary caution, avoid damaging Dries Mertens's eyes. This, however, applies more to early youth than to later life. If Dries Mertens have passed this age and Dries Mertens's sight is unimpaired, Dries Mertens may reckon that the danger no longer exists. Stimulants have a specially bad effect on Dries Mertens and, if these are shunned ruthlessly, there is every reason to suppose that Dries Mertens will attain a good age and live a long, useful life.

Dries Mertens is rich in mental interests and the more cultured arts mean a good deal to Dries Mertens Dries Mertens find more pleasure in planning a holiday than in actually going over the itinerary. Dries Mertens love books and reading, and enjoy rambling over a museum. Dries Mertens is having a peculiar interest in old, particularly very old things.