DAUGHTER

Related Subjects: Family, Father, Girl, Maid, Motherhood

1. To a father waxing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. Sons have spirits of higher pitch, but less inclined to sweet, endearing fondness.—EURIPIDES
   

2. A daughter is an embarrassing and ticklish possession.—MENANDER
   

3. Fathers, I think, are most apt to appreciate the excellence and attainments of their daughters; mothers, those of their sons.—MENANDER
   

4. Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.—Proverb
   

5. It is harder to marry a daughter well, than to bring her up well.—Proverb
   

6. O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

7. One fair daughter and no more,
   The which he loved passing well.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

8. Trust not your daughters' minds
   By what you see them act.—SHAKESPEARE, Othello
   

9. Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
   Calls back the lovely April of her prime.—SHAKESPEARE, Sonnet III
   

10. Leodogran, the King of Cameliard
    Had one fair daughter and none other child;
    Guinevere, and in her his sole delight.—TENNYSON, Idylls of the King