Relationships Quote by Gene Wolfe

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— George R.R. Martin

“A faithful servant is more diligent in keeping your goods safe than is your own wife, because she will claim a half part of…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

Every wife who slaves to keep herself pretty, to cook her husband's favourite meals, to build up his pride and confidence in himself at…

— Germaine Greer

“There should always be one old maid in a family.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Poor maids have more lovers than husbands.

— John Webster

“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

“She lives with man on terms of equality, knows nothing of that relation of status which is the ancient basis of all distinctions of…

— Thorstein Veblen

“A confident woman knows her worth and so doesn’t fret when her man is highly placed or is often found amidst other women in…

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

“In general, one may be sure that whenever a marriage of any mark takes place, male acquaintances are likely to pity the bride, female…

— George Eliot

“Bride had become the centre of his world. He was nothing without her. If he had to obey her every word for the rest…

— Gena Showalter

“Voilet had told me about wives. In cultures where marriage was practiced, he had said, a woman was allowed to choose the man who…

— Dave Duncan