He that marries a widow and three children marries four thieves.
—Spanish Proverb.
July Eighteenth
Said Jan, twice wedded to a scolding wife,
“Church-going’s the greatest pleasure of my life;
’Tis strange and sweet to see a man, oh, rare!
Keep full five hundred women quiet there.”
—Dutch Epigramme.
July Nineteenth
The greatest merit of some men is their wife.