There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own mind, and knows him as well as if she had ordered him after designs and…

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Topics: Marriage Quotes, Men And Women Quotes, Wives Quotes

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...