Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first

Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.

Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.

Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.

Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.

She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.

She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.

Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and
old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and
old men's nurses.

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

In thy face have I seen the eternal.