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Wife Quotes - Page 54

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1868). “John Ploughman's Talk; or, plain advice for plain people”, p.109

Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.

Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.47

Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria.

Catherine Helen Spence, Susan Magarey, Maryan Beams (2005). “Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910)”, p.61, Wakefield Press

I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.

"Traveling with the Stars: Buzz Aldrin". Interview with for Kelly Carter, abcnews.go.com. July 24, 2009.