The Jewish Wisdom Database

A wifeless man is not a man.

It is enough that our wives bring up our children and save us from sin.

No man should betroth a woman, sight unseen.

A man is lucky if his wife, his studies and his livelihood all come from his own town.

A man who marries a decent woman is as though he fulfilled all the Torah's behests.

A man should not quarrel with his wife to please his parents.

A wife is as a protective wall to her husband.

If your wife be chaste, why should you watch her? If she be not, you will watch her in vain.

A house without a wife is an orphan.

Better not to agree with your wife, and love her, than to agree with her and not.

The best helpmeet to uphold religion is a good woman.

Better to dwell in a corner on the roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a great mansion.

I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman.

Three things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married love.

Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.

The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open.

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later.

A good man doesn't just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like a doughnut.

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

I take my wife everywhere I go. She always finds her way back.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.