Thirukkural-Kural 59

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If a man's wife does not bring him credit and honour, he cannot walk
With proud ' leonine' gait in the face of his Detractors.

A man, who is not fortune to have a good wife that assists him along the path to honour and glory, dare not walk like a lion in the midst of his enemies.

Shakespeare's sarcastic remark in Measure for Measure is also relevant here:

'A light wife doth make heavy husband'.
It is also recorded in the bible,

'drooping hands and weak knees
are caused by the wife who does
not make her husband happy'.