Jane Austen, 1775-1817
was an English novelist
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
( Pride and Prejudice, first line, 1813 )
Elbert (Green) Hubbard, 1856-1915
was an US author
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.