Quotes Tagged With :bachelorhood

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having....

LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of....

(Response to King Erik XIV of Sweden's proposal of marriage:)"[W]hile we perceive ... the zeal and love....

[F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried],....

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.

If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening....

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen....

you areas fleetingly beautifulas a mother’s tearsand a father’s pranksa brother’s bachelorhoodand....

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in....

Which crime has the female sex committed to be sentenced to the harsh necessity which consists of being....