O woman is too silly not to have a genius for spite.
Anna C. Steele.
HAT'S what a man wants in a wife mostly; he wants to make sure o' one fool as 'ull tell him he's wise.
Mrs. Poyser, in George Eliot's Adam Bede.
HE characters of great and small
Come ready-made, we can't bespeak one;
Their sides are many, too,—and all
(Except ourselves) have got a weak one.
Some sanguine people love for life,
Some love their hobby till it flings them.—
How many love a pretty wife
For love of the éclat she brings them!
Frederick Locker, London Lyrics.