All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

To be a husband or a wife is not just a solemnized or authenticated title. It is a role that, for all intents and purposes, has to be exercised.