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Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
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Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
And in whatever state a man be thrown,
'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his 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.
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
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.
