If you get a good wife you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopherSocrates
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nursesFrancis Bacon
An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husbandBooth Tarkington
I... chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear wellOliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of Wakefield
My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delightJohn MiltonParadise Lost
best image of myself and dearer halfJohn MiltonParadise Lost
A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blindFrench proverb