Love, death, and the urge to poo always come out of the blue.
- Would you take a husband? - I would, why not. - Have you got aught? - Perhaps, though not a lot. - Can you work? - By God, what an idiotic thought!
No wonder fair ladies give one a hard time – the smoother the tree, the harder it’s the climb.
Who loves not and drinks not might as well live not.
Water, fire, and a woman will never say 'that’ll do.'
A good rooster gains no weight.
Deceitful body – while the face is just enough, down there there’s nothing.
Laughter is rife when young man’s with old wife; old man with young wife will surely cause a strife.
You shall not cover your neighbour’s wife in vain.
To be certain of young wife, keep old dames out of your life.
As love gazes through the window, misery comes in through the door.
One who from women’s tricks can any sense derive will surely enter heaven while he’s still alive.
If you want a secret kept, your wife must be except.
Even a woman of strongest will a secret surely will reveal.
A horse you can exchange if it’s of no use; land you can sell if the harvest’s scarce; together with a nagging wife, though she drills your brain, until the day you die, poor man, you must remain.
A foe’s more easily defeated than a wife persuaded.
The most harmonious marriage: a deaf man and a blind wife.
Love and marriage have long been divorced.
