The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute.
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
A man's character is his fate.