Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard the Honour and moral Character of the Man more than all other Circumstances. Think of no other Greatness but that of the soul, no other Riches but those of the Heart. An honest, Sensible humane Man, above all the Littlenesses of Vanity, and Extravagances of Imagination, labouring to do good rather than be rich, to be usefull rather than make a show, living in a modest Simplicity clearly within his Means and free from Debts or Obligations, is really the most respectable Man in Society, makes himself and all about him the most happy.
John AdamsTag: marriage relationships dating husbands dating-advice
Don't always refuse to go shopping with your wife. Of course it's a nuisance, but sometimes she honestly wants your advice, and you ought to be pleased to give it.
Blanche EbbuttTag: husbands
I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
Elizabeth PetersTag: humor intelligence women marriage feminism intelligent husbands matrimony
Your husband this morning! Mine tonight! What do you take him for?'
'A man' smiled Cynthia. 'And therefore, if you won't let me call him changeable, I'll coin a word and call him consolable.
Tag: men husbands consolation fickleness
Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.
Dorothy L. SayersTag: greatness empowerment equality gender men women strong integrity human-nature feminism misogyny hypocrisy stereotypes feminist skills husbands men-and-women wives abilities double-standards clichés penina-mezei
If all literary women had such thoughtful angels for husbands, they would live longer and write more. Perhaps that wouldn't be such a blessing to the world though, as most of us write too much now,' said Mrs. Jo…
Louisa May AlcottTag: husbands louisa-may-alcott jo-s-boys
There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.
Kerry GreenwoodIf [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ...
William ShakespeareTag: happiness empowerment blessings freedom marriage self-determination independence husbands bachelorhood singles matrimony
Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me.
William ShakespeareTag: happiness love empowerment choice marriage pleasure self-determination independence marriage-proposal husbands courtship matrimony dignity wooing
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
Simone de BeauvoirTag: marriage husbands wives courtship matrimony entrapment
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