Choose your wife on Saturday, and not on a Sunday.
Meaning: Marry in everyday circumstances, not during festive occasions when judgment is clouded by celebration and revelry.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Human Nature
- A man's best fortune or his worst is his wife. — A spouse fundamentally shapes one's life trajectory through shared decisions, emotional s…
- A man cannot both wive and thrive in a year. — Marriage requires sustained attention and resources that conflict with building wealth or…
- Many go for wool and come back shorn. — Pursuing gain from others often results in losing what you already possess through their…
- Yorkshire fashion--every man pay his share. — Shared expenses divided equally among all parties, with no one shirking their portion.
- Old age is honourable. — Longevity demonstrates survival through wisdom and experience, deserving respect from tho…
- Any fool can bet. — Placing money on chance requires no skill, wisdom, or foresight—only recklessness.
From our idioms
- take it easy — To relax.
- take off — To leave quickly (sentence 1) or to do well in sales (sentences 2 and 3).
- take potluck — To accept whatever is available.