He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin proverb
If you aspire to marry a woman, you should try make a positive impression on her mother.
To successfully propose to Mary, you must make a good impression on her mother because he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
In the hope that something will become better in the future despite bad or failed experience in the past
Used to refer to the births, marriages, and deaths sections of newspaper
To abandon someone you was going to marry at the wedding ceremony just before it is supposed to happen
A woman should marry a old man who will treat her well than a young man.
To marry someone who is in a higher social class or status than onself
The origin of this proverb is not clear.