There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife

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.

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.

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough

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.

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

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.

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.