age

Faint heart never won fair lady.

meaning that

He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will.

expression meaning that

Marriages are made in heaven.

suggests that

Blood will tell.

conveys the belief

Age before beauty.

expression meaning that

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

said to mean that

All is fish that comes in the net

said for

A man is as old he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

suggests that

Never marry for money, but marry where money is.

advices

Marry in May, rue for aye

an old superstition

The age of miracles is past

used when

The golden age was never the present age,

suggests that

An idle youth, a needy age,

used to mean that

The harder the storm, the sooner it’s over,

The idea is