A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood.
Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic.
Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.
The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love and his own pleasure as legitimately the prime motive for activity.
A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
A husband is like a fire - he goes out when unattended.