I asked her (who had buried twelve husbands): “At what time of life do you think the married state ceases to be preferable?”
She replied: “You must ask somebody older than I am.”
—Josh Billings.
May Ninth
A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.
—Alphonse Karr.
May Tenth
Widowhood is true freedom.
—Mme. des Jardins.