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.

She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.

She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.

It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must read more

It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

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

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

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

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

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

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.

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.