What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, read more

What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?

Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.

Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou
art the man in the moon.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.

So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.

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

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