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She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
 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? 
 Without thee I am all unblessed,
 And wholly blessed in thee alone.  
 Without thee I am all unblessed,
 And wholly blessed in thee alone. 
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
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.
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.
 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.