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She is no better than she should be. jj.— HENRY FIELDING — The Temple Beau. Act IV. Sc. 3.
She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse.— SWIFT — Polite Conversation. Dialogue
Show me a liar, and I will show thee a thief. HERBERT Jacula Prudentum. Silence gives consent.— FULLER — Wise Sentences.
GOLDSMITH-The Good-Natured Man. Act II. Smell a rat.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. I. Bk. IV. Ch. X. BEN JONSON-Tale of a Tub. Act IV. Sc. 3.
THOS. MIDDLETON-Blurt, Master— Shakespeare — Constable. Act III. Sc. 3.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act III. Sc. 1.
Snug as a bug in a rug. L. 53. The Stratford Jubilee. II. 1. 1779. Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.— BENJ. FRANKLIN — Poor Richard. 1735.
Some people are more nice than wise.— COWPER — Mutual Forbearance.
Something given that way.— BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER — The Lovers' Progress. Act I. Sc. 1.
So obliging that he ne'er oblig'd.— POPE — Prologue to Satires. L. 207.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.— CHAUCER — Canterbury Tales. The Reeve's Tale. L. 4,155.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. II. Ch. V. RABELAIS-Works. Bk. V. Ch. XXVIII.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil devil.— BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER — Wit Without Money. Act IV. Sc. 4.
Speech is silver, silence is golden.— CARLYLE — A Swiss Inscription. Quoted in Sartor Resartus. Bk. III.
Spick and span new. Ch. III.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. II. Ch. LVIII.
THOS. MIDDLETON-The Family of Love. Act IV. Sc. 3. Stay a little, and news will find you.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.— RABELAIS — Works. Bk II. Ch. XXXI.
Strike while the iron is hot.— FARQUHAR — The Beaux' Stratagem. Act IV. Sc. 2. SCOTT-The Fair Maid of Perth. Ch. V.
Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
That felde hath eyen, and wode hath eres.— CHAUCER — Canterbury Tales. The Knight's Tale. L. 1,522.
That is gold which is worth gold. Y.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
That was laid on with a trowel.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 112.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business. aa.— IZAAK WALTON — Quoted in The Compleat Angler. Pt. I. Ch. II.
The age of chivalry is gone. bb.— BURKE — Reflections on the Revolution in
France. The belly is the commanding part of the body. cc.— HOMER
The better day the better deed.— SIR JOHN HOLT — Sir Wm. Moore's Case. Act III. Sc. 1.
The better day, the worse deed. ee.— MATHEW HENRY — Commentaries.
Genesis III. The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.— PUBLIUS SYRUS — Maxims. 388.
The burnt child dreads the fire. gg.— BEN JONSON — The Devil is an Ass. Act I. Sc. 2.
The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice. hh.— BENJ. FRANKLIN- — Poor Richard. 1754.
The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet.— HEYWOOD — Proverbs. Pt. I. Ch. XI.
The coast was clear. jj.— MICHAEL DRAYTON — Nymphia.
The end must justify the means.— PRIOR — Hans Carvel. L. 67.
The eyes have one language everywhere.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
The fat is in the fire.— HEYWOOD — Proverbs. Pt. I. Ch. III.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.— LYLY — Euphues. Arber's Reprint.
1579. P. 47. The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.— LYLY — Euphues. Arber's Reprint.
1679. P. 53. The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
The frivolous work of polished idleness.— SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH- — Dissertation
on Ethical Philosophy. Remarks on Thomas Brown. The game is up.— Shakespeare — Cymbeline. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 108.
The gray mare will prove the better horse.— PRIOR — Epilogue to Lucius. Last line.
The head is always the dupe of the heart.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Maxims. No. 105.
The honey of Hybla.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 47.
The King is dead! Long live the King!— PARDOE — Life of Louis XIV. Vol. III.
P. 457. The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
The man that heweth over high, Some chip falleth in his eye. Story of Sir Eglamour of Artoys. MSS. in Garrick Collection. The many still must labor for the one.— BYRON — Corsair. Canto I. St. 8.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.— BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. III. Sec. III. Memb. 4. Subsec. I.
The mill will never grind with the water that is past.— SARAH DOWDNEY — The Watermill.
HERBERT-Jacula Prudentum. The more the merrier.— HEYWOOD — Proverbs. Pt. II. Ch. VII.
The more haste, ever the worst speed. S— CHURCHILL — The Ghost. Bk. IV. L. 1,162.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 9.
To a boiling pot flies come not.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by pable of correction. measure.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
To add to golden numbers golden numbers. T.— THOS. DEKKER — Patient Grissell. Act I. Sc. 1.
crest. 2. L. Midsummer-Night's Dream. Act 208. Sc. 2. L. 208. Ep. They're as like each other as are peas. Swift-Horace. Bk. I. Ep. V. V. L. 138. Their meetings made December June. Their every parting was to die.— TENNYSON — In Memoriam. XCVII.
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.— DANIEL WEBSTER — Second Speech on
Foot's Resolution. Jan. 26, 1830. March One Country, one Constitution, one Destiny. 15, 1837— DANIEL WEBSTER — Speech. March 15,
Femmina è cosa garrula e fallace: Vuole e disvuole, è folle uom chi sen fida, Si tra se volge. Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not; fools that on them trust; For in their speech is death, hell in their smile.— TASSO — Gerusalemme. XIX. 84.
Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina, E'l vago vento spera in rete accogliere Chi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina. He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of woman.— SANNAZARO — Ecloga Octava.
La muger que se determina á ser honrada, entre un ejército de soldados lo puede ser. The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself so even amidst an army of soldiers.— CERVANTES — La Gitanilla.
Una muger no tiene. Valor para el consejo, y la conviene Casarse. A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel-she should marry.— CALDERON — El Purgatorio de Sans
Patricio. III.