Smoke, rain, and a scolding wife, are three bad things in a house

Seek a wife in your own sphere

I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine.

Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters

My dad, who my mom always refers to as DH for Darling Husband, was protrayed as a 'let's look on the bright side of things' kind of guy, the pillar my everbumbling mother leans on in times of distress.

Any man mortal or god, knows there is no handling a wife. Women handle themselves and intelligent men get out of the way.