| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Wooing |
| | | A man may obtain easily a fatherless maid. Gaelic. | 1 |
| A rich man’s wooing is seldom long of doing. Scotch. | 2 |
| All wooers are rich and captives poor. German. | 3 |
| Happy’s the wooing that’s not long in doing. | 4 |
| Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Shakespeare. | 5 |
Never mind him, let him be,
By-and-by he’ll follow thee. | 6 |
| Not what is she but what hath she. | 7 |
| The last suitor wins the maid. | 8 |
| The wooing was a day after the wedding. | 9 |
| ’Tis best to woo where you can see the smoke. Dutch. | 10 |
| To woo is a pleasure in young men, a fault in old. | 11 |
Who the daughter would win,
With mamma must begin. German. | 12 | | |
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