wife (n.)
There was all the world and his wife.
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
When asked why he parted with his wife, Caesar replied, "I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected."
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
Giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel.
From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness,—a system in which the two great commandments were to hate your neighbour and to love your neighbour's wife.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
She's adorned
Amply that in her husband's eye looks lovely,—
The truest mirror that an honest wife
Can see her beauty in.
Pittacus said, "Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very happy who hath this only."
When asked why he parted with his wife, Caesar replied, "I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected."
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.
The wife of thy bosom.
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
Who is worse shod than the shoemaker's wife?
Giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel.
You are my true and honourable wife,
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart.
When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing.
Widowed wife and wedded maid.
His wife, with nine small children and one at the breast, following him to the stake.
Martyrdom of John Rogers. Burned at Smithfield, Feb. 14, 1554.
