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Foot: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said; "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."— AGESILAUS THE GREAT — Laconic

Apophthegmns. And the prettiest foot! Oh, if a man could but fasten his eyes to her feet, as they steal in and out, and play at bo-peep under her petticoats!— CONGREVE — Love for Love. Act I. Sc. 1.

Her pretty feet Like snails did creep A little out, and then, As if they played at bo-peep Did soon draw in agen.— HERRICK — Upon her Feet.

Feet that run on willing errands!— LONGFELLOW — Hiawatha. Pt. X. Hiawatha's Wooing. L. 33.

An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.— PLUTARCH — Morals. On the Training

of Children. 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short Foot, a Third an indifferent Foot. 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience.— JOHN SELDEN — Table Talk. Equity. L. 56.

O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 6. L. 16.

O happy earth, Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!— SPENSER — Faerie Queene. Bk. I. Canto X. St. 9.

Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.— SIR JOHN SUCKLING — Ballad Upon a Wedding. St. 8.

And feet like sunny gems on an English green.— TENNYSON — Maud. Pt. V. St. 2.