WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character. - Ambrose Bierce
He who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish. - Spanish proverb
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow. - Evan Esar
The MistakeHe left his pants upon a chair:She was a widow, so she said:But he was apprehended, bare,By one who rose up from the dead. - Theodore Roethke