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.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

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.

Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.

Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

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

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

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.

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough

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.