Wife Quotes and Quotations
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine. Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, He would have written sonnets all his life? In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife. An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife. He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows. A miss for pleasure, and a wife for breed. Alas! another instance of the triumph of hope over experience. All other goods by fortune's hand are given: A wife is the peculiar gift of Heav'n. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can. My dear, my better half.
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