| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Bachelor |
| | | Bachelor, a peacock, betrothed a lion, married an ass. Spanish. | 1 |
| A bachelor’s bed is the pleasantest. Cicero. | 2 |
| An old bachelor is only the half of a pair of scissors. Ben. Franklin. | 3 |
| Bachelors’ wives and maids’ children are well taught. | 4 |
| Commend a wedded life, but keep thyself a bachelor. | 5 |
| Hold your hands off other folks’ bairns till you get some of your own. | 6 |
| If you trust a man let him be a bachelor; let him be a bachelor. George Eliot. | 7 |
| Marriage has its pains, but a bachelor’s life has no pleasures. Woloffs.—(Africa.) | 8 |
| Praise a wife, but remain a bachelor. Italian. | 9 |
| Who would avoid all strife, should be a bachelor. | 10 |
| Wisely I say, I am a bachelor. Shakespeare. | 11 |
| Whoever is free from wrangling is a bachelor. St. Jerome. | 12 | | |
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