| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Widow |
| | | A buxom widow must be either married, buried, or shut up in a convent. Spanish. | 1 |
| A good occasion for courtship is when the widow returns from the funeral. | 2 |
| A rich widow weeps with one eye and laughs with the other. Portuguese. | 3 |
| Few persons turn gray because their husbands die. | 4 |
| He that marries a widow and three children marries four thieves. | 5 |
| He that marries a widow and two daughters has three back doors to his house. | 6 |
| He that marries a widow will often have a dead man’s head thrown in his dish. Spanish. | 7 |
He that woos a maid must seldom come in sight,
But he that woos a widow must woo her day and night. | 8 |
| If a stock fish became a widow it would fatten. | 9 |
| In the widow’s house there’s no fat mouse. Oriental. | 10 |
| Long a widow weds with shame. | 11 |
| Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged. | 12 |
| The rich widow’s tears soon dry. Danish. | 13 |
| ’Tis dangerous marrying a widow, because she has cast her rider. | 14 |
| To diminish his substance is not the part of a man but of a widow woman. Cato. | 15 |
| Widows are always rich. | 16 |
| Woo the widow whilst she is in weeds. German. | 17 | | |
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