A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault. — Walter Bagehot

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates. — Samuel Richardson
What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother. — Phyllis Schlafly
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. — Harold MacMillan
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. — Walter Bagehot
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything. — Walter Bagehot
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. — Walter Bagehot