husbands

A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
I can trust my husband not to fall asleep on a public platform and he usually claps in the right places.
It is easier to be a lover than a husband, for the same reason that it is more difficult to show a ready wit all day long than to produce an occasional bon mot.
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

He was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to the question, when a man should marry? A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.
An early-rising man...a good spouse but a bad husband.
Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.

Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.
I can trust my husband not to fall asleep on a public platform and he usually claps in the right places.

If you were Jane Austens, George Eliots, and Rosa Bonheurs, it would be of no use if you weren't married. A husband is better than talent.
No man is a hero to his wife's psychiatrist.