unmarried

I had often wondered why young women should marry, as they have so much more freedom, and so much more attention paid to them while unmarried, than when married.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Let's face it, the unmarried guys in New York suck.

—Bushnell, Candace

Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans