Being single Quote by Florence King

“Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous woman, but…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire, The chariest maid is prodigal enough If…

— William Shakespeare

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most…

— Honore de Balzac

“Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them ," parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.”

— L.M. Montgomery

The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.

— Louisa May Alcott

“A maid has to be mistrustful in this world, or she will not be a maid for long.”

— George R.R. Martin

Widows are more skillful anglers for husbands than spinsters, and many marry several times. This is a social injustice to spinsters. "One man one…

— Tennessee Celeste Claflin

Ye generous maids, revenge your sex's wrong; Let not the mean destroyer e'er approach Your sacred charms. Now muster all your pride, Contempt and…

— John Armstrong

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

— William Shakespeare

Old maids do not mind giving people trouble.

— Thomas Nelson Page

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

— Horace

“but a scullery maid”

— Yuval Noah Harari