“Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.”
William Shakespeare
“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.”
“And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.”
Bible
“When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”
“And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.”
“And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: / And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.”
“Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long; And so make Life, and Death, and that For Ever, One grand sweet song”
Charles Kingsley
