Maiden

Famous quotes containing the word maiden:

“This is the maiden all forlorn
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 22–23)

“I am more interested in the rosy cheek than I am to know what particular diet the maiden is fed on.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A maiden marries to please her parents; a widow to please herself.”
—Chinese proverb.