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.

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.

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.

A good wife makes a good husband

A good wife makes a good husband

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

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

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

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst read more

My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met!
And has that thought been shared by thee?
Ah, no! that smiling cheek
Proves more unchanging love for me
Than labor'd words could speak.