Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.

A good husband makes a good wife.

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.

Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.

I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best friend's my wife. Who could ask for anything more?

When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.

A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary; I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry.

From the moment I liberated Brigitte, the moment I showed her how to be truly herself, our marriage was all downhill.

His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.