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| Abroad one has a hundred eyes, at home not one. German. | 1 |
| A good son makes a good husband. | 2 |
| A husband between two parrots is like a head between two sticks. African. | 3 |
| A husband who fears his wife is foolish, but a woman who does not fear her husband, a thousand times more foolish. Chinese. | 4 |
| A husband with one eye rather than with one son. Spanish. | 5 |
| A husband without ability is like a house without a roof. Spanish. | 6 |
| A husband’s cuffs leave no marks. Russian. | 7 |
| A husband’s wrath spoils the best broth. | 8 |
| An Argus at home, a mole abroad. | 9 |
| At home an elephant, abroad a cat. | 10 |
| Be a good husband and you will get a penny to spend, a penny to lend and a penny for a friend. | 11 |
| I don’t count them to you, wife, but a hog makes twenty puddings. Spanish. | 12 |
| In the husband, wisdom, in the wife, gentleness. | 13 |
| It is better to have a husband without love, than jealous. Italian. | 14 |
| It is nothing, they are only thrashing (or killing) my husband. Portuguese. | 15 |
| Let it be a husband though it be but a log. Spanish. | 16 |
| Mother, I must have a husband or I shall set fire to the house. German. | 17 |
| Observe the face of the wife to know the husband’s character. Spanish. | 18 |
| Paint and patches give offence to the husband, hopes to the gallant. | 19 |
| Rather a husband with one eye than one son. Portuguese. | 20 |
| She hangs out the broom; i.e., wants a husband. Dutch. | 21 |
| Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short. | 22 |
| The bacon of paradise for the married man that does not repent. Spanish. | 23 |
| The better workman, the worse husband. | 24 |
| The cry of the neglected husband:—Woman’s affection is best proved by the care she takes of your linen. Punch. | 25 |
| The husband must not see and the wife must be blind. | 26 |
| The husband reigns but it’s the wife that governs. Punch. | 27 |
| When the husband drinks to the wife all would be well; when the wife drinks to the husband, all is well. | 28 |
| The man has neither sense nor reason that leaves a young wife at home. French. | 29 |
| The married man must turn his staff into a stake. | 30 |
| The more a husband loves his wife the more he increases her whims. Chinese. | 31 |
| The more a wife loves her husband the more she corrects his faults. Chinese. | 32 |
| The woman who has a bad husband makes a confidant of her maid. Spanish. | 33 |
| Thus it is we are ruined, husband; you are good for little and I for less. Spanish. | 34 |
| To make a happy couple the husband must be deaf and the wife blind. French. | 35 |
When the husband earns well
The wife spins well. Dutch. | 36 |
| Where the gray mare is the better horse, there the horse is but an ass. Fielding. | 37 |
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