Widows are always rich. [ Proverb ]

Young widows still bide their time. [ H. W. Shaw ]

May widows wed as often as they can,
And ever for the better change their man;
And some devouring plague pursue their lives,
Who will not well be governed by their wives. [ Dryden ]

Thus, day by day, and month by month, we passed;
It pleased the Lord to take my spouse at last.
I tore my gown, I soiled my locks with dust.
And beat my breasts - as wretched widows must:
Before my face my handkerchief I spread,
To hide the flood of tears I did - not shed. [ Pope ]

Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch. [ Bruyere ]

Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled. [ H. W. Shaw ]

Handsome widows, after a twelvemonth, enjoy a latitude and longitude without limit. [ Balzac ]

Bachelors are providential beings: God created them for the consolation of widows and the hope of maids. [ De Finod ]

The virtue of widows is a laborious virtue: they have to combat constantly with the remembrance of past bliss. [ St. Jerome ]