Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife;
A bad, the bitterest curse of human life.
—Simonides.
2024
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Be joined to thy equal in rank,
Or the foot of pride will kick at thee;
Let no one have thy confidence, O wife,
Saving thy husband:
Have not a friend more intimate, O husband,
Than thy wife.
2025
WIFE.
What thou bidd'st,
Unargued, I obey; so God ordains:
God is thy law; thou mine: to know no more,
Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
—Milton.