Notes: The following list was taken from the book, "Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages" classified by subject, arranged alphabetically, compiled by Robert Christy (New York: Putnam's Sons, 1887). I
Woman
1. A bag of fleas is easier to keep watch over
than a woman. Ger.
2. A beautiful and chaste woman is the perfect
workmanship of God, the true glory of angels, the
rare miracle of earth, and sole wonder of the world.
3. A beautiful hand is a beautiful thing in wo-
man. Bea.
4. A beautiful woman if poor should use double
circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others,
her poverty herself. Colton.
5. A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the
purgatory of the purse and the paradise of the eyes.
6. A beautiful woman smiling bespeaks a purse
weeping, Ital.
7. A black woman hath turpentine in her.
8. A busy woman is a fearful nuisance.
Ben Jonshon.
9. A cat has nine lives and a woman has nine
cats' lives.
10. A dock serves to point out the hours and a
woman to make us forget them.
11. A cunning woman is a knavish fool.
12. A dishonest woman cannot be kept in and an
honest one will not.
13. A dog is wiser than a woman ; he does not
bark at his master. Russian,
14. A fair woman and a slashed gown find always
some nail in the way.
15. A fair woman without virtue is like palled
wine.
16. A faithful subject dies without fear, and a
virtuous woman meets danger with delight Chinese.
17. A foolish woman is clamorous. Bible.
18. A foolish woman is known by her finery.
19. A French woman talks a great deal more than
she thinks, an English woman thinks a great deal
more than she talks.
20. A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks
Latin, and a child reared on wine, never come to a
good end. Fr,
21. A goose, a woman and a goat are bad things
lean. Por.
22. A graceful correction --the proper study of
mankind is woman. Punch.
23. A handsome woman is always right. Ger,
24. A handsome woman is either silly or vain. Sp,
25. A high estate with woman takes place of all
desert. Massinger,
26. A judicious woman that is diligent and religious
is the very soul of the house. Bishop Thome.
27. A man frequently admits he was in the wrong,
a woman never, she was only mistaken. Punch.
28. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
29. A man pauses, hesitates and requests time to
study a woman, whereas a woman will read you a
dozen men at first sight. Punch.
30. A man's words are like an arrow, close to the
mark ; a woman*s like a broken fan. Chinese.
31. A woman and a melon are hard to choose.
Fr.
32. A mill, a clock and a woman always want
mending.
33. A mule and a woman do what is expected of
them. Sp.
34. A pretty woman is a welcome guest. Byron.
35. A proud woman brings distress on her family.
36. A prudent woman is in the same class ol
honor as a wise man.
37. Arthur could not tame a woman's tongue.
38. A sack full of fleas is easier to watch than a woman.
39. A shameless woman is the worst of men.
40. A ship, a mill and a woman are always re-
pairing.
41. A silent woman is always more admired than
a noisy one. Latin.
42. A spaniel, a woman and a walnut tree,
The more they be beaten, the better they be.
43. A thousand men may live together in harmony,
whereas two women are unable to do so
though they be sisters. Tamil
44. A truth telling woman has few friends. Dan,
45. A vicious woman is like a thorn in the foot,
you cannot get rid of either without pain. Sanscrit
46. A virtuous woman commands her husband by
obeying him. Syrus.
47. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Bible,
48. A virtuous woman though ugly is the ornament of the house.
49. A weeping man and a smiling woman are not
to be trusted. Tamil.
50. A wicked woman and an evil, is three half-
pence worse than the devil.
51. A wicked woman is a magazine of evils. Latin,
52. A woman and a cherry are painted for their
own harm. Ger., Sp.
53. A woman and a glass are always in danger.
54, A woman and a greyhound must be small in
the waist.
55. A woman and a hen are soon lost in gladding.
Sp.
56. A woman can love a poor boy better than a
rich dotard. Hebrew.
57. A woman can throw away more with a spoon
than a man can bring in with a shovel.
58. A woman changes oft,
Who trusts her is right soft.
(He afterwards had good cause to alter his opinion,)
59. A woman complains, a woman in woe,
A woman is sick when she likes to be so. Ital.
60. A woman conceals what she knows not.
61. A woman's counsel is no great thing, but he
who does not take it is a fool. Sp.
62. A woman either loves or hates^ there is no
third part. Syrus.
63. A woman finds it much easier to do ill than
well. Plautus.
64. A woman for a general, and the soldiers will
be women. Latin.
65. A woman forgives sin in her lover, but never
meanness.
66. A woman has never spoiled anything through
silence. Ger.
67. A woman has often committed herself by talking, never by holding her tongue. Punch.
68. A woman hates a question but loves to ask
one. Punch.
69. A woman impudent and mannish grown.
Is not more loathe than an effeminate man
In time of action. Shaks.
70. A woman is always changeable and capricious. Virgil.
71. A woman is known by her walking and drinking. Sp.
72. A woman is naturally born to fears. Shaks
73. A woman is to be from her house three times,
when she is christened, married and buried.
74. A woman laughs when she can and weeps
when she pleases.
75. A woman may be ever so old, if she take fire
she will jump. Dan,
76. A woman never brings a man into the right
way.
77. A woman never commands a man, unless he
be a fool, but by her obedience. Turkish Spy.
78. A woman possessed of a decent and modest
spirit marries but once. Chinese,
79. A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking
on his hind legs : it is not done well but you are sur-
prised to find it done at all. Johnson,
80. A woman seldom asks advice before she has
bought her wedding clothes.
81. A woman seldom writes her mind but in her
postscript. Spectator,
82. A woman's first counsel is the best
85. A woman*s greatest torment, dust; man's
greatest plague, a woman continually brushing the
same. Punch,
84. A woman's head is always influenced by her
heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his
head. Lucy Blessington,
85. A woman smells sweetly when she smells of
nothing at all. Fiautus,
86. A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.
87. A woman's strength is in her tongue. Welsh,
88. A woman's tear-drop melts, a man's half
Sears. To them 'tis a relief, to us a torture. Byron,
89. A woman's tears and a dog's limping are not
real. Sp.
90. A woman's tears are a fountain of craft. Ital,
91. A woman's tongue is her sword and she does
not let trust. Fr,
92. A woman's tongue is only three inches long,
but it can kill a man six feet high. Japanese,
93. A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail.
94. A woman strong in flounces is weak in the
head. Ger,
95. A woman's vengeance knows no bounds. Ger,
96. A woman's work and washing of dishes is
never at an end.
97. A woman that loves to be at the window is a
bunch of grapes on the highway.
98. A woman that paints puts up a bill^ to let.
99. A woman the more curious she is about her
face is commonly the more careless about her house.
Ben Jonson,
100. A woman when inflamed by love or hatred
will dare everything.
101. A woman when thinking by herself is always
thinking of mischief.
102. A woman who accepts sells herself, a woman
who gives surrenders. Fr,
103. A woman who has lost her rival has no sor-
row. Woloffs {Africa),
104. A woman who has sacrificed her virtue soon
resigns every other principle. Tacitus.
105. A woman who is never spoken of is praised
the most.
106. A woman who looks much in the glass spins
but little. Fr,
107. A woman who walks the streets ought to
know whether they be paved or no. Fielding,
108. A woman will forgive anything in a rival ex-
cepting her being prettier than herself. Punch,
109. A woman wins an old man by listening to
him, a young man by talking to him. Punch,
110. A woman without a husband, a house without
a foundation. Ger.
111. A woman without dower has no liberty to
speak. Euripides,
112. A woman without religion, a flower without
perfume. Gcr,
113. A woman's first advice is the best. Ger.
114. A woman's hair is long but her sense short.
Russian.
115. A woman's lot is made for her by the love
she accepts. George Eliot,
116. A woman's mind is affected by the meanest
gifts. Livy.
117. Abandon her who is careless of her own rep-
utation. TamiL
118. Adam must have an Eve to blame for all his
faults. Ital,
119. All that a woman has to do in this world, is
contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister,
a wife, and a mother. Steele,
120. After all, woman's fort is her piano. Punch,
121. All women are good. (Viz, good for something
or good for nothing.)
122. All women are good Lutherans: they would
rather preach than hear mass. Dan.
123. An ill-tempered woman is the devil's door-
nail. Dan,
124. An ugly woman dreads the mirror. Japanese,
125. As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout so is a
fair woman which is without discretion. Bible,
126. As great a pity to see a woman cry as a
goose go barefoot.
127. A woman's honor is her good name.
Don Quixote,
128. A woman's wisdom is under her heels.
Pashto.
129. Beat a woman with a hammer and you'll
make gold. Russian,
130. "Because," is a woman's answer.
131. Better dwell with a dragon than with a wicked
woman.
132. Between a woman's " yes " and " no " there
is no room for the point of a needle. Sp.
135. Beware of a bad woman and put not your
trust in a good one. Sp^ For.
134. But what is woman only one of nature's
agreeable blunders. Mrs, Cowley.
135. But yet believe me, good as well as ill
Woman's at last a contradiction still. Pope,
136. Civil carriage is the best sign of affection to
a woman.
137. Disguise our bondage as we will,
'Tis woman, woman rules us still. Tom Moore,
138. Divination seems heightened to its highest
power in woman. Akott,
139. Earth's noblest thing : a woman perfected.
Lowell,
140. Earth's twin-bom rulers, fame and woman's
love. Bulwer,
141. Everything in the world depends on women.
Bea,
142. Every woman is in the wrong until she cries,
and then she is in the right instantly. Punch,
143. Every woman loves the woman in the looking-
glass. Ger.
144. Every woman who is a shrew in domestic life
is now become a scold in politics. Addison^
145. Every woman would rather be handsome
than good. Ger,
146. Fairest of creatures, last and best
147. Fair, good, rich and wise is a woman four
stories high. Fr.
148. For woman's soul when once plunged in,
Knows no stopping place in sin.
149. Fortune and women are partial to fools. Ger,
150. From four things God preserve us : a painted
woman, a conceited valet, salt beef without mus-
tard and a little late dinner. Ital.
151. Hares are caught with hounds, fools with
praise and women with gold. Ger,
152. He is a fool who thinks by force or skill
To turn the current of a woman's will.
153. He who listens to the advice of a woman is
a fool. Tamil,
154. He who listens to the words of* a woman will
be accounted worthless.
155. He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will
never be free from plague. Fr.
156. I hate a dumpy woman. Byron,
157. I hate a learned woman. Euripides,
158. If a woman hold her tongue, it is only from
the fear she cannot hold her own. Punch,
159. If a woman were as little as she is good,
A peacock would make her a gown and a
hood.
160. If the heart of a man is depressed with cares.
The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.
Gay.
161. If you want to know a woman's true char-
acter linger after the guests are gone and listen to
what she has to say about them. Punch.
162. In arguments with men a woman ever.
Goes by the worse whatever be her cause.
Milton.
163. In men every mortal sin is venial ; in women
every venial sin is mortal. Ital.
164. It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-
top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Bible.
165. It is better to dwell in the wilderness than
with a contentious and angry woman. Bible.
166. It is better to irritate a dog than an old
woman. Ital.
167. It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas
than a woman. Ger,
168. It is vain to watch a really bad woman. Ital.
169. It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning.
170. It is the men that cause the women to dislike
each other. Fr,
171. Kind words and few are a woman's orna-
ment. Dan.
172. King Arthur did not violate the refuge of a
woman.
173. Let women spin and not preach.
174. Man is fire and woman is tow and the devil
comes and blows. For.
175. Man may be the head of the family, but far
better than that woman is the heart of it. Punch.
176. Man without woman is head without body;
woman without man is body without head. Ger.
177. Man, woman, and the devil are the three degrees of comparison.
178. Man to man so oft unjust, is always so to
woman. Byron.
179. Many estates are spent in the getting
Since women for tea forsook spinning and
knitting,
And men for their punch hewing and splitting.
180. Many things make the honor of a man, few
that of a woman. {Economy modesty and silence
adorn a woman.) M. Greek,
181. Many women, many words.
182. Many words honor a man and few the
woman. M. Greek,
183. Mean women have their faults as well as
queens. Massinger,
184. Men are as old as they feel and women as
they look. Ital.
185. Men as well as women born to be controlled,
Stoop to the forward and the bold.
186. Men make wealth and women preserve it. Ital
187. Men must work and women must weep.
Kingsley.
188. Men never begrudge the money they spend
on dinners, nor women on pastry. Punch,
189. Men respect and women love.
190. Men's vows are women's traitors. Shaks,
191. My only books were woman's looks,
And folly's all they taught me. Tom Moore,
192. Never ask a woman her age : ask it of some
other woman. Punch,
193. Never contradict a woman when she is abusing her husband. Punch,
194. No relying on wine, women, or fortune.
195. No woman is a beauty to her femme-de-cham
bre. Punch.
196. No woman is ugly if she is well dressed.
Sp,, For.
197. No woman mames a man for God's sake.
198. No woman sleeps so soundly that the twang
of a guitar will not bring her to the window. Sp.
199. Not she with traitorous kiss her Saviour stung,
Not she denied him with unholy tongue,
She, while apostles shrunk, could danger
brave,
Last at his cross, and earliest at his grave.
E. S. Barrett.
200. Nothing causes women to lose the taste of
visiting but the want of attire and ornament. Chintse.
201. Nothing is more unbearable than a woman
with a full purse. Juvenal.
202. Nothing is so important to a young man en-
tering life as to be well criticised by women. Bca.
203. Oh ! woman, woman, when to ill thy mind
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.
Homer.
204. Old women's gold is not ugly.
205. One demands four things from a woman: that
virtue dwell in her heart, modesty beam on her fore-
head, sweetness flow from her lips, and industry oc-
cupy her hands. Chinese,
206. One hair of a woman draws more than a bell
rope. Ger.
207. One hair of a woman draws more than a team
of oxen.
208. One tongue is enough for a woman.
209. One tongue is enough for two women.
210. Out of nine women, one is sure to be affected
with jealousy. Chinese,
211. Play, women and wine make a man laugh till
he dies.
212. Play, women and wine undo a man laughing.
213. Praise a woman's taste, and you may attack
her sense with impunity. Futuh,
214. Priests and women never forget. Ger.
215. Provided a woman be well principled she has
dowry enough. Plautus,
216. Put the light out and all women are alike.
Ger.
217. Seek to be good, but aim not to be great,
A woman's noblest station is retreat.
Lyttleton (1731).
218. Summer sown corn and woman's advice, turn
out well in every seven years. Ger,
219. Swine, women and bees cannot be turned.
220. Take a woman's first advice, not her second.
Fr.
221. Talk to women as much as you can, 'tis the
best school. Bea,
222. Tears are ordinarily the touchingest eloquence
of women. Turkish Spy,
223. Tell a woman she's a beauty and the devil
will tell her it ten times. Sp.
224. Tell a woman she is wondrous fair and she
will soon turn fool.
225. Tell her she's handsome and you will turn her
head. Sp., For.
226. That bench is well adorned that is filled with
virtuous women. Dan,
227. That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
Shaks.
228. The action of women on our destiny is in-
creasing. Bea.
229. The best guidance for a woman's life is a
union with the man she loves. Maga,
230. The cunning of the sex is equal to their ob-
stinacy. {Female sex,)
231. The dog is faithful, women never. Turk.
232. The first counsels of women are the wisest and
their last resolutions the most dangerous, Chinese,
233. The first talent of a woman is to be able to
converse. Maga,
234. The fortitude that becomes a woman would be
cowardice in a man, and the modesty which becomes
a man would be pertness in a woman. Tacitus,
235. The laughter, the tears and the song of a
woman are equally deceptive.
236. The looking-glass is the woman's best coun-
sellor. Ger
237. The love of woman buries her wrongs without
a tear. Maga,
238. The man's a fool who thinks by force or skill.
To stem the torrent of a woman's will;
For if she will, she will, you may depend on it.
And if she won't she won't, and there's an end
on it.
239. The man that lays his hand upon a woman
save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom 'twere
gross flattery to name a coward.
240. The more a woman admires her face, the
more she ruins her house.
241. The more women look in their glasses the less
they look to their houses.
242. The most beautiful object in the world is a
beautiful woman. Macaulay.
243. The ornament of a woman is her modesty.
244. The power of a Brahmin is in his knowledge,
of a woman in her beauty of a soldier in his courage.
245. The reputation of chastity to a woman, is not
so necessary as veracity to a man.
246. The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of
the purse. Ital
247. The thoughts of women are after thoughts.
248. The tongue of women is their sword and they
take care not to let it rust. Chinese,
249. The way of women: when you will they won't,
and when you won't they're dying to.
250. The well-dressed woman draws her husband
from another woman's door. Sp,
251. The whisper of a beautiful woman can be
heard further than the loudest call of duty.
252. The woman in finery, the house in filth, but
the door-way swept. Sp.
253. The woman that deliberates is lost. Addison,
254. The woman who gives is seldom good; the
woman who accepts is in the power of the just. Ital
255. The world is the book of women. Fr,
256. The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man the hermit sighed, 'til woman
smiled. Campbell,
257. There are only two good women in the world :
the one is dead, the other not to be found. Ger.
258. There is little use in watching a bad woman.
259. There is no mischief done, but a woman is one.
260. There is no torture a woman would not endure
to enhance her beauty. Montaigne,
261. There is not a woman without some duty.
Cicero.
262. There is nothing on earth to be compared
with a virtuous and lovely woman. Arabian.
263. There is only one way in which a woman can
be handsome but a hundred thousand ways in which
she can be pretty. Maga.
264. There is scarcely a lawsuit unless a woman is
the cause of it. Juvenal.
265. There is scarcely a man who does not inveigh
against the scandal of women, but they all of them
listen to it. Punch.
266. There is no mischief in the world done,
But a woman is always one.
267. There never was a looking-glass that told a
woman she was ugly. Pr.
268. There never yet was fair woman,
But she made mouths in the glass.
269. They . say that women and music should not
be dated. Goldsmiths
270. They talk about a woman's sphere as though it had a limit.
There's not a place in earth or heaven.
There's not a task to mankind given,
There's not a blessing or a woe,
There's not a whisper yes or no.
There's not a life or birth,
That has a feather's weight of worth,
Without a woman in it.
271. Three things women highly hold in hate,
Falsehood, cowardice and poor descent.
Shaks.
272. Time, wind, women and fortune are ever
changing. Ger.
273. 'Tis as natural for women to pride themselves
in fine clothes as 'tis for a peacock to spread his
tail.
274. 'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud,
'Tis virtue that doth make them most ad
mired,
Tis modesty that makes them seem divine.
Shaks.
275. To a foolish woman, a violin is more pleasing
than a distaff. Ital.
276. To a gentleman every woman is a lady in
right of her sex.
277. To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue.
Shaks.
278. Trust not a woman even when dead. {She
may feign death,)
279. Trust not a woman when she weepeth, for it
is her nature to weep, when she wanteth her will.
Socrates,
280. Twas surely the devil that taught women to
dance and asses to bray.
281. Two cats and one mouse, two women and one
house,
Two dogs and one bone, will not agree long.
Ger.
282. Two things govern the world: women and
gold. Ger.
283. Two women can be reconciled who have
quarrelled unless they have called each other ugly.
284. Two women placed together make cold
weather. Shaks.
285. Ugliness is the guardian of women. Hebrew,
286. Ugly women finely dressed are the uglier for
It.
287. Upon a woman one must wait an hour.
288. Virtue is the most beautiful ornament of
woman. Ger.
289. Want of sympathy in a woman is almost as
bad as want of beauty.
290. Watching a woman is labor in vain. Ger.
291. We never know what a woman doesn't mean
until she has spoken.
292. We should make it a rule to give up to women
and they are sure to give up to us. Bea.
293. Wealth, wind, women and fortune change
like the moon. Fr,
294. What a woman wills, God wills. Fr. Sp.
295. What manly eloquence could produce such
effect as woman's silence. Michdet.
296. What's a table richly spread, without a woman
at its head? J. Wharton,
297. When a handsome woman laughs you may be
sure her purse weeps.
298. When a woman has no answer, the sea is
empty of water. Ger.
299. When a woman has nothing to do, she talks
scandal. Punch,
300. When a woman is openly bad she is good.
{She then is at her best,) Syrus,
301. When a woman thinks by herself, she's think-
ing of mischief. Latin,
302. When a woman vows she never flirts; she is
flirting. Punch.
303. When an ass climbs a ladder, we may find
wisdom in woman.
304. When pain and anguish rive the brow.
A ministering angel thou. Scott.
305. When there are two women in one house
there is one too many. Ger,
306. When woman reigns the devil governs. Ital.
307. Where a woman deposits her heart, she
should deposit her fortune. Fielding,
308. Where a woman rules the house, the devil is
serving-man. Ger,
309. Where there are women and geese, there
wants no noise.
310. Whether sunned in the tropics, or chilled at
the pole. If a woman be there, there is happiness too.
Moore.
311. Who is it can read a woman? Shaks,
312. Who places his confidence in a woman is a
fool. Polish,
313. Who takes an eel by the tail, and a woman
at her word, may say he holds nothing. Ital.
314. Who is the man that was never fooled by
woman? Ger,
315. Wine and women bring misery. Martial,
316. Wine and women make fools of everybody.
Ger,
317. Woman as a mother makes the house and
mars it. Turk,
318. Woman, fairest of creation, last and best.
Milton,
319. Woman impromptu, man on reflection. Ital.
320. Woman is an evil, but a necessary evil. Latin,
321. Woman is an idol man worships until he
throws it down.
322. Woman's at best a contradiction still. Pope.
323. Woman is the handsomest in animal creation.
Hebrew.
324. Woman is the lesser man. Tennyson.
325. Woman like good wine is a sweet poison. Turk,
326. Woman, take her all in all, is extravagant by
nature. Greek.
327. Woman's beauty, the forest echo, and rain-
bow soon pass away. Ger,
328. Woman's grief is like a summer storm, short
as it is violent. Joanna Baillie,
329. Woman's honor is nice as ermine : 'twill not
bear a. soil. Dryden
330. Woman's happiness is in obeying.
331. Woman's love is dangerous, their hate is fatal.
332. Woman's mission : to stop at the fireside
whilst man goes to collect material to make the pot
boil. Punch.
333. Women always speak the truth but not the
whole truth. Ital.
334. Women always poke the fire from the top.
335. Women and dogs set men together by the ears.
336. Women and fools are always in extreme.
Pope.
337. Women and glass are always in danger. Por.
338. Women and hens ate lost by too much
gadding. Ital.
339. Women and maidens must be praised whether
truly or falsely. Ger,
340. Women and wine, game and deceit,
Make the wealth small and the want great.
Franklin.
341. Women and wine intoxicate the young and
old. Ital
342. Women are as fickle as April weather. Ger,
343. Women are in extremes, they are better or
worse than men.
344. Women are never at a loss for words. Ger,
345. Women are passive agents and when love
prompts them can out suffer martyrs. Massinger.
346. Women are sooner angry than men. Hermes,
347. Women are supernumerary when present and
missed when absent. For,
348. Women are the refiners of the merits of men.
Chesterfield,
349. Women are watches that keep bad time. Ger,
350. Women are wise impromptu, fools on reflection. Ital.
351. Women, asses, and nuts require strong hands.
Ital.
352. Women can do everything because they rule
those who command everything. Fr,
353. Women cannot be completely severed unless
they hate.
354. Women confess little faults that their candor
may cover great ones. Punch.
355. Women commend a modest man but like him
not.
356. Women conceal all they know not.
357. Women fear too much even as they love.
Shaks.
358. Women, fortune and gold favor fools. Ger.
359. Women have long hair and short wit. Turk
360. Women in mischief are wiser than men.
361. Women know a point more than the devil.
Ital.
362. Women know the better they obey the surer
they are to rule.
363. Women laugh when they can and weep when
they will.
364. Women like princes find few real friends.
365. Women, money and wine have their value and
their harm. Fr,
366. Women must have their wills while they live
because they make none when they die.
367. Women rouge that they may not blush. Ital
368. Women tell the truth indeed but only half of
it. Ger.
369. Women think plaice a sweet fish.
370. Women weep for their friends, men remember
them.
371. Women who have been happy in a first
marriage are the most apt to venture on a second.
Addison,
372. Women, wind and fortune soon change.
Sp,, For.
373. Women's counsels are ever cruel. Icelandic.
374. Women's jars breed men's wars.
375. Women's tears are a fountain of craft. Ital,
376. You may know a foolish woman by her
finery.
377. You should believe one word in forty that a
woman speaks. Turk.
378. You should lecture neither child nor woman.
Turk.
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