"If he does not prove so, he is less like my father than I think.

Mamma will tell you, I am sure, that she has been the happiest of wives." "I suppose it depends a good deal upon the two dispositions how a couple get on together," remarked Zoe, sagely.

"But, mamma, do you think the man should always rule and have his way in everything ?" "I think a wife's best plan, if she desires to have her own way, is always to be or to seem ready to give up to her husband.

Don't deny or oppose their claim to authority, and they are not likely to care to exert it." "If I were only as wise and good as you, mamma!" murmured Zoe with a sigh.
"Ah, dear, I am not at all good; and as to the wisdom, I trust it will come to you with years; there is an old saying that we cannot expect to find gray heads on green shoulders.".