First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
The wife's submission is not a matter of superior versus inferior; rather, it is self-imposed as a matter of obedience to the Lord and of love for her husband.
Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable.
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.