Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.

Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.

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

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

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife

The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

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.

So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.

So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.

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

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

Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.

Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.