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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.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough
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.
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a read more
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy read more
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as
thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve
other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, read more
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young read more
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.