Young Custis, however, did not remain there long, for he had fallen in love, and the following year was married to Eleanor Calvert, not without some misgivings on the part of Washington, who had observed his ward's somewhat flighty disposition, and who gave a great deal of anxious thought to his future.

At home as abroad he was an undemonstrative man, but he had abundance of that real affection which labors for those to whom it goes out more unselfishly and far more effectually than that which bubbles and boils upon the surface like a shallow, noisy brook.
From the suggestions that he made in regard to young Custis, it is evident that Washington valued and respected education, and that he had that regard for learning for its own sake which always exists in large measure in every thoughtful man.

He read well, even if his active life prevented his reading much, as we can see by his vigorous English, and by his occasional allusions to history.

From his London orders we see, too, that everything about his house must have denoted that its possessor had refinement and taste.

His intense sense of propriety and unfailing instinct for what was appropriate are everywhere apparent.