Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

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

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly

How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets; how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their husbands shop for fame and glory

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.