"In the rich woman's house she commands always, and he never" (Spanish).[103] "Who takes a wife for her dower turns his back on freedom" (French).[104] But every married man is in this plight, for
"He that has a wife has a master."[105]
"He that's not sensible of the truth of this proverb," says James Kelly, "may blot it out or pass it over."
"As the good man saith, so say we;
But as the good woman saith, so it must be."
Wedding and ill wintering tame both man and beast.
"You will marry and grow tame" (Spanish).[106]
He that marries a widow and two daughters marries three stark thieves.
He that marries a widow and two daughters has three back doors to his house.
And "The back door is the one that robs the house" (Italian).[107]
Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.