Merry Wives

Famous quotes containing the words merry and/or wives:

“Fairy. Those that “Hobgoblin” call you, and “Sweet Puck,”
You do their work, and they shall have good luck.
Are not you he?
Puck. Thou speakest aright;
I am that merry wanderer of the night.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family’s financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care.”
—Augustus Y. Napier (20th century)