—Proverbs xv:25.
February Third
One said a rich widow was like the rubbish of the world, that helps only to stop the breaches of decayed houses.
—Hazlitt.
February Fourth
Of course not every man who has been pursued by a widow was caught, and there are a number of thrilling, if slightly apochryphal, narratives of daring adventurers who have escaped the clutches of the dangerous creatures at the last minute.
—Dorothy Dix.
February Fifth
Mrs. Pepperday. “My first husband had a great deal more sense than you have.”
Mr. Pepperday. “True enough, he died.”