Here's one that makes me laugh (cynically) -- it's about horses and young maids, but the political implications are so-o-o timely:

"Keep 'em so busy up in front, they can't look out behind."

(From "The Bachelor Boy")

Now, here's one that makes me cry -- selections from Child #91:

O we were sisters seven, Maisry,
And five are dead wi child; …

'O hold your tongue, my ae daughter,
Let a your folly be,
For ye shall be married ere this day week
Tho the same death you should die.'