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Guests: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay.— GEORGE MACDONALD — Within and Without. Pt. I. Sc. 3.

Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their cubs into shape.— MONTAIGNE — Apology for Raimond Sebond. Bk. II. Ch. XII.

Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. II. L. 136.

'Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. II. L. 178.

Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.— SCOTT — The Heart of Midlothian. Ch. VIII.

"Ay," quoth my uncle Gloucester, "Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace:" And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast, Because sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste.— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 12.

Gardener, for telling me these news of woe, Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.— Shakespeare — Richard II. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 100.

O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 102,

S. Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch Till the white-wing'd reapers come.— HENRY VAUGHAN — The Seed Growing

For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.— JOSEPH HALL — Come Dine with Me.

For I, who holds sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.— POPE — Satire II. Bk. II. L. 159. See also HOMER-Odyssey. Bk. XV. L. 83. Pope's trans.

Be bright and jovial among your guests to night.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 28.

Here's our chief guest. If he had been forgotten, It had been as a gap in our great feast.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 11.

Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 405.

See, your guests approach: Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 52.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 55.

You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do All that is in my power to honour you.— SHELLEY — Hymn to Mercury. St. 5.