“There he heard a Lady talking,
To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,—
'Tis the lady Jingly Jones!
On that little heap of stones
Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!”

“Lady of the Mere,
Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.”

“The Lady or The Tiger,'
…
'My lady, the tiger”

“Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?
Over the sea.
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving?
All that love me!”

“Most of my songs are about ladies. This one's about ladies metaphorically. There are some of my songs that are about the power of lightening.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. I accept it more particularly as it comes from a colored lady, for if there is any one on God's earth who loves the ladies I believe it is myself.”

“I don't want to talk grammar, I want to talk like a lady.”

“Treat a whore like a lady and a lady like a whore.”

“Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.”
Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?”

“A lady is just a lady. But if you call yourself as a gentleman, then it becomes debatable.”