Puritans on Marriage

"The woman is not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved"

Matthew Henry


"Her cheek was meant for thy lips, not for thy fist!"

"Before man had any other calling, he was called to be a husband....First man must choose his love, and then he must love his choice....The man and wife are partners, like two oars in a boat."

Henry Smith


"It is a mercy to have a faithful friend that loveth you entirely...to whom you may open your mind and communicate your affairs...And it is a mercy to have so near a friend to be a helper to your soul and...to stir up in you the grace of God"

Richard Baxter

A Couple of Quotes

"Learn to see (your husband) through new eyes.True love has three eyes.One eye is dim, dim to his faults.A second eye sees him as the world does.This is an important perspective.Sometimes you must help him see the way the world sees him... A third eye sees him as no one else sees him, appreciates him as no one else appreciates him.Keep this eye sharply focused and you will observe many things to appreciate.Every wonderful wife has a third eye."

"If you treat him like a king, he'll treat you like a queen."

Helen Andelin, Fascinating Womanhood, pg 62 and pg 99.

The third eye can also be used by a husband when looking at his wife.

A Couple of Quotes

"We do love beauty at first sight; and we do cease to love it,if it is not accompanied by amiable qualities"

By Lydia Maria Child


"A true man does not need to romance a different girl every night,a true man romances the same girl for the rest of her life"

by Ana Alas