White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.

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So I hope husbands and wives will continue to debate and combat Over everything debatable and combatable Because I believe a little incompatibility is the spice of life Particularly if he has income and she is pattable.

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That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stroke of mine, My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still.

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No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot

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To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and therefore made me a better person, thank you. And to my wife, who sits at the table there. Who is right about almost everything. - Joseph J. Ellis

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I'm not very good at being a wife because I break all the rules.

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If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot!

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don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts.

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What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

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If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

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