The Jewish Wisdom Database

There is no end to the goodness of the good wife, and none to the wickedness of a bad one.

A wife's bickering is as an endless dripping of rain.

A wicked wife is like leprosy to her husband.

Everything has an end except a bad wife.

A bad wife scorches you worse than fire, and chokes you worse than rope or water.

A woman is worthier after she has become a mother than before.

If your wife is tiny, bend down and whisper for her counsel!

A husband should be at pains to treat his wife with respect (...not to hurt his wife's feelings).

A man cannot live without a woman or a woman live without 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 who marries a decent woman is as though he fulfilled all the Torah's behests.

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.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a God-fearing woman is to be praised.

A woman feels shame more keenly than a man.

The Lord gave more wit to women than to men.

Women are more compassionate than men.

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.

There is no greater hatred than a woman's. [Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.]

A woman suffers more from the jealousy of a friend than from the prick of a thorn.