"I grante it yow, I have noon other lyf, But if that I do feele my wyves knyf."

"A good wyf was ther, of biside Bathe, But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe."

"For if a man be ryche, he hath no drede, To have a wyf that is bothe fair and yong."

"Ther is no difference, by my fey, Bitwixe a wys man and a fool, but this: The fool is glad, and the wys man is sorweful."

"Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their men to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed."