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.

A good occasion for courtship is when the widow returns from the funeral.

A rich widow weeps with one eye and laughs with the other.Portuguese.

Few persons turn gray because their husbands die.

He that marries a widow and three children marries four thieves.

He that marries a widow and two daughters has three back doors to his house.

He that marries a widow will often have a dead man’s head thrown in his dish.Spanish.

He that woos a maid must seldom come in sight,
But he that woos a widow must woo her day and night.

If a stock fish became a widow it would fatten.

In the widow’s house there’s no fat mouse.Oriental.

Long a widow weds with shame.

Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.

The rich widow’s tears soon dry.Danish.

’Tis dangerous marrying a widow, because she has cast her rider.

To diminish his substance is not the part of a man but of a widow woman.Cato.

Widows are always rich.

Woo the widow whilst she is in weeds.German.