By her love the good man is conquered, so that he delights to give her pleasure. The house is the woman's dominion, and her husband should let her reign, saying, Only in the throne will I be greater than you. He will be wise seldom to sit on that throne. Buttons all right are husbands delight. Let wives think nothing trivial which tends to peace.
Dirty wives make drunken husbands.
Doubtless if the house or the room were kept more clean and comfortable, the man would have less temptation to spend his evenings in drinking company. Expensive wife makes pensive husband. When the drapers bill drains his pocket, the poor man thinks more than he dares to say. The arithmetic of a good wife is very different. She adds to his happiness, subtracts from his cares, multiplies his joys, divides his sorrows, and practices reduction in the expenditure of his household.