Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Lady

A lady’s age once known will always be remembered, and that more for spite than love.Richardson.

Far fetched, and dear bought, is good for ladies.

Ladies, by all the laws of war, are privileged.Shakespeare.

“Ladies have ladies’ whims,” said crazy Ann, when she draggled her cloak in the gutter.Danish.

Ladies keep men by keeping them off.Punch.

Ladies are whitest in a blackamoor’s land.

Tell me how many ladies’ maids a lady has had, and I will tell you her temper.Punch.

The Grecian ladies counted their age from their marriage, not birth.Homer.

The society of ladies is the school of politeness.