There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

The line praises marriage as a uniquely harmonious partnership: the “cozy combination” suggests warmth, mutual support, and a shared domestic life that is greater than the sum of two individuals. In Menander’s comic world—where household arrangements, courtship, and family negotiations are frequent engines of plot—such a sentiment can function both as sincere endorsement of marital companionship and as a normative ideal held up against the messiness of actual relationships. The phrasing implies that social stability and personal comfort are most fully realized in the paired household, reflecting a common ancient assumption that the well-ordered home is foundational to a well-ordered life.