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| A daughter is an embarrassing and ticklish possession. Menander. | 1 |
| A daughter married is a daughter alienated. Spanish. | 2 |
| A house filled with daughters is a cellar full of sour beer. Dutch. | 3 |
| Alas! another daughter is born to you. Spanish. | 4 |
| As the mother so the daughter. German. | 5 |
| Between promising and performing a man may marry his daughter. | 6 |
| Daughters and dead fish are no keeping wares. | 7 |
| Daughters are easy to rear but hard to marry. German. | 8 |
| Daughters are brittle ware. | 9 |
| Daughters can never take too much care of their fathers. Plautus. | 10 |
| Daughters may be seen but not heard. Dutch. | 11 |
| Dominies come for your wine and officers for your daughters. | 12 |
| He who has daughters is always a shepherd. Spanish. | 13 |
| He who has daughters to marry let him give them silk to spin. Spanish. | 14 |
| If thy daughter be marriageable, set thy servant free and give her to him in marriage. | 15 |
| It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. | 16 |
| Judge of the daughter by the mother. Latin. | 17 |
My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife,
But my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life. | 18 |
| One daughter helps to marry the other. Italian. | 19 |
| Three daughters and a mother, four devils for the father. Spanish. | 20 |
| Three dear years will raise a baker’s daughter to a portion. | 21 |
| When a good offer comes for your daughter don’t wait till her father returns from market. Spanish. | 22 |
| Whoever does not beat his daughters, will one day strike his knees in vain. Turkish. | 23 |
| Would you know your daughter see her in company. | 24 |
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