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Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.

That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.