Doe Quote by Alfred de Vigny

Since all the maids are good and lovable, from whence come the bad wives?

— Charles Lamb

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

— Dick Van Dyke

The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon.

— Joseph Heller

People who are so dreadfully "devoted" to their wives are so apt, from mere habit, to get devoted to other people's wives as well.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

The wives who are not deserted, but who have to feed and clothe and comfort and scold and advise, are the true objects of…

— William McFee

The women who take husbands not out of love but out of greed, to get their bills paid, to get a fine house and…

— Polly Adler

Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.

— Bayard Taylor

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often…

— William McFee

If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans. As wives they are…

— George Sand

'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely…

— Rochelle Aytes

Certain women because of their female power and seductiveness could bring destruction to a family.

— Margaret Way

And oh, what a mercy it is that these women do not exercise their powers oftener! We can't resist them, if they do. Let…

— Anonymous