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