She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,

Or if she rules him, never shows she rules.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 261.

Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet

To think how monie counsels sweet,

How monie lengthened sage advices,

The husband frae the wife despises.

Robert Burns (1759-1796): Tam o' Shanter.

The lover in the husband may be lost.

Lord Lyttleton (1709-1773): Advice to a Lady.

Such duty as the subject owes the prince,

Even such a woman oweth to her husband.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 2.

And truant husband should return, and say,

"My dear, I was the first who came away."

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 141.