Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears. E. Every man can tame a shrew, but he that hath her. Spoken with bitterness by a handsome woman, when an ugly one calls her a w———. England is the Paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants. The liberty allowed to women in England, the portion assigned by law to widows out of their husband's goods and chattels, and the politeness with which all denominations of that sex are in general treated, join to establish the truth of the first part of the proverb. The furious driving of carmen, coachmen, and others, give too much colour to the second; but we trust this opprobrium on the character of Englishmen will, shortly, be removed by the strong public feeling excited against cruelty to animals, and the late acts of the legislature. With respect to England being the 56 purgatory of servants," it may be flatly denied-unless it be in some of the cotton manufactories in the North. Every man can guide an ill wife, but he that hath her. Scotch. F. Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth. Ital.-Non è bello quel' che bello, ma è bello quel' che piace. For whom does the blind man's wife paint herself?-Spanish. Fann'd fire, and forc'd love, never did well yet.-Scotch. Fat sorrow is better than lean sorrow. From many children and little bread, good Lord deliver us!Spanish. - G. Glasses and lasses are brittle ware.-Scotch. H. Hold your hands off other folks' bairns, till you get some of your own. Scotch. Spoken by a girl, when a young man offers to tease her. He who is about to marry should consider how it is with his neighbours. He has most share in the wedding that lies with the bride. He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth. Who marrieth for love, without money, hath good nights and sorry days.-Italian.-Spanish. He that loseth his wife, and a farthing, has a great loss of his farthing.-Italian. He who intrigues with a married woman has his life in pledge. Spanish.-Quien ama la casada la vida trae emprestada. He that tells his wife news is but newly married. The wife grows stale, and the husband less attentive to please her after the honeymoon. He who wishes to chastise a fool, get him a wife.—Italian. He to whom God gave no sons the Devil gives nephews.Spanish. Implying, that those who have no cares of their own, are generally oppressed with the cares of others. He loves you as a ferret does a rabbit, to make a meal of you. He that is a wise man by day is no fool by night. He that marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish.-Spanish. He has a great fancy to marry that goes to the devil for a wife. He who does not honour his wife dishonours himself.--Spanish. He who marrieth for wealth sells his liberty. He that takes not up a pin slights his wife. He that woos a maid, must come seldom in her sight; He that kisseth his wife in the market placé, shall have plenty to teach him. Hast thou a mind to quarrel with thy wife? bid her bring water to thee in the sunshine.-Spanish. Then swear it is dirty, from the motes which will appear in the clearest water. Hearts may agree, though heads differ. Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all.-Italian. I. 'I hope better,' quoth Benson, when his wife said, 'come in, cuckold.' If you make your wife a goldfinch, she may prove in time a wag-tail. In rain and sunshine cuckolds, go to heaven. I will never spit in my bonnet and set it on my head.-Scotch. I will never ruin the woman I intend to marry. If marriages be made in heaven some have few friends there.Scotch. It is in vain to watch a really bad woman.-Italian. It is a soure reek when the good wife dings the good man.Scotch. A man in my country coming out of his house, with tears on his cheeks, was asked the occasion. He said, there was a 66 soure reek" in the house; but, upon farther inquiry, it was found the wife had beaten hini.-KELLY. It's dangerous marrying a widow, because she has cast her rider. It's a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles. If the eye do not admire, the heart will not desire,-Italian. It is in vain to kick after you have once put on fetters. It is a sweet sorrow to buy a termagant wife. If all the world were ugly, deformity would be no monster. In love's wars, he who flyeth is conqueror. If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty. It's a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.Italian. If you can kiss the mistress, never kiss the maid. It is better to marry a quiet fool than a witty scold. If one will not, another will; so are all maidens married. If thou desirest a wife, chuse her on a Saturday rather than on a Sunday.-Spanish. That is, in her deshabille. It's hard to wive and thrive both in a year. If the mother had never been in the oven, she would not have looked for her daughter there. K. Keep the feast till the feast-day.-Scotch. Advice for maidens not to part with their virginity till married. King Arthur did not violate the refuge of a woman. .-Welch. That is, left her the freedom of her tongue, and would not beat her for speaking! Kissing goes by favour. Kissing is cry'd down to shaking of hands.-Scotch. Alluding to a proclamation that nobody should kiss hereafter, but only shake hands. This piece of prudery, it is probable, was in the days of John Knox, and nearly contemporary with that noted enactment of the Puritans in England, when simple fornication was subjected to punishment. L. Ladies will sooner pardon want of sense than want of manners. Likeness begets love, yet proud men hate one another. • Like blood, like good, and like age, make the happiest marriages. Long-tongued wives go long with bairn.-Scotch. Love me little, love me long. Lat.-Nihil vehemens durabile. Love and pease-pottage will make their way. Love and lordship like no fellowship. Love may gain all, time destroys all, and death ends all. Italian. Love and pride stock Bedlam. Love is the loadstone of love. Love, knavery, and necessity, make men good orators. "I could not love, I'm sure, One who in love were wise."-COWLEY. Love can neither be bought nor sold; its only price is love.— Italian. Love is as warm among cottagers as courtiers. M. Many a time have I got a wipe with a towel, but never a daub with a dish-clout before.-Scotch. The answer of a saucy girl, when teased by an unworthy suitor. More belongs to marriage, than four bare legs in a bed. Marriage is honourable, but house-keeping chargeable, Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake. Marry your sons when you will, your daughters when you can. Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.Spanish. Marry, marry! and who is to manage the house?-Spanish. Said of foolish young persons, who talk of marriage before they are capable to undertake the cares and expenses of wedlock. Marry in haste and repent at leisure. Man is fire, and woman tow; the devil comes and sets them in a blaze.-Spanish, Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have got them, they want every thing. Many a one for land, takes a fool by the hand. Many blame the wife for their own thriftless life.-Scotch. My son's my son till he hath got him a wife, |