A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar International, 1991.
-- Charles Reade, (Jun 8 1814-1884), English novelist; His novels exposed social injustices of his times; best known for The Cloister and the Hearth, 1861 on the adventures of the father of Erasmus.