Sadness.

Sadness.
I. Sadness and gladness succeed each other*
Safety.
I. The way to be safe is never to feel secure.

Sagacious. — Sail, Sailing.— tSailor. 22Q
Sagacious.
I. The sagacious are generally lucky. Maga,
Sail, Sailing.
1. He enters the port with a full sail. Virgil,
2. He that will not sail till all dangers are over
must not put to sea.
3. He that will not sail until he have a full, fair
wind will lose many a voyage.
4. Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
5. If thou sailest with a bad wind thou hadst
need understand tacking.
6. It is good sailing (or steering) with wind and
tide. Dutch.
7. It is safest sailing within reach of the shore.
8. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail,
Reason the card, but passion is the gale. Pope.
9. Sail while the wind blows ; wind and tide
wait for no man. Dan,
10. Set your sail according to the wind. Fr.
11. To set up his sail to every wind.
12. You cannot sail as you would but as the wind
blows. Dan,
13. You must shift your sail with the wind. Ital,
Sailor.
1. A good sailor may mistake in a dark night.
2. A seaman if he carry a millstone will have a
quail out of it.
3. If the sailors become too numerous Ihe ship
sinks. Arabian,

Saint.— Salt.

230

1. A great ceremony for a small saint.
2. A saint sleeps not on soft beds. Raumama$^
3. A young saint, an old devil.
4. All are not saints who go to church. Ital.
5. All saints do not work miracles. Ital.
6. Don't believe in the saint unless he works
miracles. Ital,
7. Every one praises his own saint. Ital.
8. Every saint has its festival. Jtai^ ^
9. Let a saint be ever so humble he will have
his wax taper. Dan.
10. Saint cannot if Crod will not. Fr.
11. The old saints are forgotten in the new. Par.
12. The river passed, the saint forgotten. Itiil.
13. The saint has no believers unless he works
miracles. Ital.
14. The saint who works no cures has few pil-
grims at his shrine. Fr,
15. The saint's day over, farewell the saint. Fr.
16. There is no chapel so small but has its saint.
Fr.
17. There is no saint so petty but claims his own
candle. Ger.
18. They are not all saints who use holy water.
19. To every saint his candle. Fr.^ Itai.
20. When the fields yield not, the saints have not.
Salt.
I. Salt spilt is never all gathered. Sp.^ Dutch.

Sameness.— Satiety— Satires.— Satisfibd.— Sauce. 23 1
Sameness.
I. Sameness is the mother of disgust; variety
the cure. Petrarch.
Satiety.
1. Cherries are bitter to the glutted blackbird.
Ger,
2. Even honey occasions satiety. M. Greek,
3. Satiety causes disgust ; abundance begets in-
difference. Ger.
4. Vetches seem bitter to a full-cropped pigeon.
ItaL
5. When the mouse has had enough the meal is
bitter. Dutch^ Dan.
Satires.
I. Satires run faster than panegyrics.
Satisfied.
1. I satisfied, the world is satisfied. ItaL
2. Who is satisfied is well paid. Ger.

1. More sauce than meat.
2. Though the sauce be good yet you need not
forsake the meat for it.
3. We don't care for the sauce so long as there
is fish in the kettle. ftat.
4. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. English woman^s proverb.
$. You spoil a good dish with ill sauce.

I. A niggardly savage is nowhere to be found.
Tamil

232 Saving, Savers.— They Say.— Saying.
SaTinp, Savers.
1. For age and want save while you may,
No morning sun lasts a whole day.
2. From saving comes having.
3. He who saves, finds. Sp.
4. He who saves in little things can be liberal
in great ones. Ger,
5. He who would save should begin with the
mouth. I>aH.
6. No alchemy like saving.
7. Of saving cometh having.
8. Save thoroughly if you will, kill thoroughly
if you kill. Chinese.
9. Saving comes too late when you get to the
bottom. Seneca,
10. Saving is a greater art than gaining. Ger.
11. Saving is getting.
12. Saving is the first gain.
13. Some savers in a house do well.
14. To save for old age, earning one maravedi
and drinking three. Sp.
15. When a man is rich, he begins to save. Ger.
16. Who saves, saves for the cat. Itai.
They Say.
1. " They say " is a fool (or a liar). /^., liai.
2. "They say " is often proved a great liar.
3. " They say " is half a liar.
Saying.
I. Say before they say; i>., tell yourartm story
first. Sp.

Saying and Doing.

233

2. Say good-morning to the bean seller, not to
the druggist. African,
3. Saying gangs cheap.
4. Say no ill of the year till it is past.
5. Say not all thou knowest, but believe all that
thou sayest. Ger,
6. Say not all that you know, believe not all that
you hear, do not all that you can.
7. Say nothing when you are dead.
8. That which is unsaid may be said ; that which
is said cannot be unsaid. Dan,
9. The less said, the sooner mended. Dutch,
10. There is nothing ill said that is not ill taken.
11. To say little and perform much, is the char-
acteristic of great minds.
12. What every one says must be true.
13. What is said is said and no sponge can wipe
it out. Ger,
Saying and Doing.
1. Between saying and doing many a pair of
shoes is worn out. s ItaL
2. Between saying and doing there is a long
road. Sp,<^ Dan,
3. Easier said than done. Chinese,
4. Easy to say, hard to do.
5. Everybody says it, nobody does it. Ger.^ Dan.
6. From saying to doing is a long way. ItaL
7. It is better to do well than to say well. ItaL
8. It is sooner said than done.
9. Little said is soon amended.

234

Saw. — Scandal. — Scar.

10. No sooner said than done.
11. Saying and doing are two things.
12. Saying well causes a laugh, doing well causes
silence. Fr.
13. Say-well and do-well, end with one letter.
Say-well is good, but do-well is better.

I. Saw thin, shear thin.
ScandaL
1. And there's a lust in man no charm can tame
Of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame ;
On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly.
While virtuous actions are but bom and die.
Stephen Harvey* sjuvenai,
2. Every one that repeats it, adds something to
the scandal. Ovid,
3. Greatest scandal waits on greatest state.
Shaks.
4. Scandal is a bit of false money and he who
passes it is frequently as bad as he who originally
utters it. Punch,
5. Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumerable
streams, but it is extremely difficult to trace it to its
source. Punch.
6. Scandal will not rub out like dirt when it is
dry.
7. Thy tongue is nae scandal.
Scar.
I. A scar nobly got is a good livery of honor.
Shaks.

Scatter. — Scavenger.— Sceptres. — Scheme.

235

2. He laughs at scars that never felt a wound.
Ger.
3. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Shaks,
4. The generous motive dignifies the scar.
Homer,
5. Though the sore may heal, yet a scar may
remain.
6. What deep wounds ever close without a scar >
Scatter.
I. Scatter with one hand, gather with two.
Scavenger.
I. What scavenger was ever soiled by being
pelted with mud.
Sceptres.
I. Sceptres and suitors hate competitors.
Scheme.
I. Who can secure a thousand-year's scheme ?
Chinese.
Scholar, Stndent.
1. A scholar has no ennuu Richter.
2. A scholar may be beguiled thrice, a soldier
but once.
3. A student has usually three maladies : poverty,
itch and pride. Ger,
4. Dear the school-boy spot.
We ne'er forget, though there we are forgot.
Byron,
5. Every good scholar is not a good schoolmas-
ter.
6. Great scholars are not the shrewdest men. Fr,

236 SciBMCL—SciiNCBs.— Scoff.— Scoffer.— Scolding.
7. He is the best scholar, who has learned to
love well.
8. It is as easy to be a scholar as a gamester.
Harries.
9. John has been to school to learn to be a fool.
Fr.
10. The scholar may war the master.
11. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail.
Toil, envy, want, the patron and the jail.
Dr. Johnson.
12. Who robs a scholar robs the public. Sp.
Science.
1. All useless science is an empty boast Shaks.
2. Science is a plant whose roots indeed are at
Mecca, but its fruit ripens at Herat. Arabic.
3. Science is organized knowledge. ^enser.
Sciences.
1. The sciences have bitter roots, but their fruits
are sweet.
2. The sciences have had their martyrs as well
as religion. Richardson.
Scoff.
I. He that scoffs at the crooked, had need go
very straight himself.
Scoffer.
I. The scoffer's own house is often on fire. Dan.
Scolding.
1. He scolds most that can hurt the least Dan.
2. She will scold the devil out of a haunted
house.

Scorn.— Scornful. — Scorning.— Scotchman.

237

3. Since you have been scolding me, I have
counted a hundred and twenty holes in that nutmeg-
grater. Sp.
4. Who more ready to call her neighbor " scold, "
than the arrantest scold in the parish ?
Scorn.
1. Scorn at first makes after love the more.
2. Scorn no man's love though of mean degree,
Much less make anyone thine enemy. Hubert,
Scomfiil.
I. Never was a scornful person well received.
Scorning.
I. Scorning is catching.
Scotchman.
1. A Scotsman is aye wise a-hent the hand.
2. A Scottisman and a Newcastle grindstone
travel all the world over. Northumberland^ England,
3. Much may be made of a Scotsman if he be
caught young. Dr, Johnson,
Scribbling-fry.
I. Hot, envious, proud the scribbling fry,
Burn, hiss and bounce, waste paper, stink
and die.

1. A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner.
2. All water runs to the sea.
3. Being on the sea, sail; bebg on the land,
settle.
4. Better on the heath with an old cart than at
sea in a new ship. Dutch,

238

Seaman.

5. Better poor on land than rich at sea.
DuUh^ Ger,
6. Do not prepare thyself until thou see the sea.
Tamil,
7. Even the sea, great as it is, grows calm. Ital.
8. He goes a great voyage who goes to the bot-
tom of the sea.
9. He ought not to complain of the sea who re-
turns to it a second time. ItiU,
10. He that is at sea hath not the wind in his
hands. Dutch.
11. He that is at sea must either sail or sink.
Dan.
12. He who does not know his way to the sea
should take a river tor his guide. Plauius.
13. He who is at sea does not direct the winds.
Fr., Dutch.
14. If a man would learn to pray let him go to
sea. Fr.
15. Praise the sea but keep on land.
George Herbert.
16. The master of the sea will always acquire the
dominion of the land. Gibbon.
17. The sea and air are common to all men.
Queen Elizabeth.
18. The sea refuses no river.
19. Tis a great way to the bottom of the sea.
20. Tis hard to sail over the sea in an egg shell.
SeanuuL
I. The good seaman is known in bad weather.

Search. — Secret.

239

Search.
I. Search all things, hold fast that which is true.
Secret.
1. A secret between two is God's secret; a
secret between three is everybody's. Sp.
2. A secret fire is discovered by the smoke.
Catalan,
3. A secret imparted is no longer a secret. liaL
4. A secret is seldom safe in more than one
breast. Swift
5. A secret once told is no secret at all. Searle,
6. A man with whom the secrets of a lady are
not safe, must be the most contemptible of mortals.
Fielding.
7. Bestow on me what you will so it be none of
your secrets.
8. Conceal not your secret from your friend or
you deserve to lose him. For,
9. Confide a secret to a dumb man and it will
make him speak. Lrvonian,
10. Do not disclose your secret to your wife nor
trust your enemy at any time. Tamil.
11. Do not speak of secret matters in a field that
is full of little hills. Hebrew.
12. Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a
hedge. Sp.
13. He has let the cat out of the bag; />., ex-
posed the secret.
14. He who keeps his own secret avoids much
mischief. Sp.

240

Secret.

15. He who revealeth his secret makes himself a
slave.
16. He who telleth his own secret will hardly
keep another's. Ital.^ Sp.
17. If my shirt knew my design I'd bum it.
18. If you want to know secrets seek for them in
trouble or in pleasure. Sp.
19. If you would teach secrecy to others begin
with yourself.
20. It is wise not to seek a secret and honest not
to reveal it.
21. No man is required to tell his own secrets.
Dr. Johnson.
22. No secrets but between two.
23. Nothing is so burdensome as a secret. Fr.
24. Oil and water, woman and a secret, are
hostile properties. Buhuer.
25. Secrets travel fast in Paris. Napoleon*
26. Tell your secret to your servant and you
make him your master.
27. The bosoms of the wise are the tombs of
secrets. Oriental,
28. The only way to keep a secret is to saylioth-
ing. J^r.
29. The secret of two is God's secret ; the secret
of three is everybody's secret. jFr.
30. There is no secret time will not reveal. ^
31. There is nothing so secret but it transpires.
Ihiieh.
32. Three are too many to keep a secret, and two
too few to be merrv*.

Secure. — Security.— Seditious.— Seeing.

241

33. Three know it, all know it. Ital.
34. Thy secret is thy prisoner ; if thou let it go,
thou art a prisoner to it.
35. To a woman and a magpie tell your secrets
in the market-place. Sp,
36. To him that you tell your secret you resign
your liberty.
37. To tell our secrets is often folly ; to communi-
cate those of others is treachery. Rambler.
38. Unless you wish your enemy to know your
secret tell it not to your friend. Turk,
39. Where you t^H your secret you surrender
your freedom. For.
40. Would you know secrets search for them in
grief or pleasure.
41. Your secret is your property. Rothschild,
Secure.
1. He that is secure is not safe.
2. He that is too secure is not safe.
3. None are secure from desperation, few from
subtilty. Byron,
Security.
1. Security is nowhere safe. Ger,
2. Security is the first cause of misfortune. Ger,
Seditious.
I. The most seditious are the most cowardly.
Tadlus.
Seeing.
1. I wa*d rather see't than hear tell o't.
2. Seeing's believing, but feeling's the truth.
16

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sunders. fi^rl^ ^,
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i^ E: jrai vanld t3eac& seczccr to ocbos begin

It B vise BOC Boseck a, stent and honest not
XL No Boa is i cq uiic d to tell Ids cyvn secrets.

but bcivecji tvoL
23. Nothii^ is so bardensoaie as a secret. Fr,
34. OQ and watei; woman and a secret, are

25. Secrets travel ^ist in Paris. Ndfiakan-
26. Tell your secret to your servant and you
make bim your master.
27. The bosoms of the wise are the tombs of
secrets. Oriental.
28. The only way to keep a secret is to saylioth-
ing. Fr.
29. The secret of two is God's secret ; the secret
of three is everybody's secret. Fr.
30. There is no secret time will not reveal. •
31. There is nothing so secret but it transpires.
Dutch.
32. Three are too many to keep a secret, and two
too few to be merr}\

Secure. — Security.— Seditious,— Seeing. 241
33. Three know it, all know it. Ital.
34. Thy secret is thy prisoner ; if thou let it go,
thou art a prisoner to it.
35. To a woman and a magpie tell your secrets
in the market-place. Sp,
36. To him that you tell your secret you resign
your liberty.
37. To tell our secrets is often folly; to communi-
cate those of others is treachery. Rambler,
38. Unless you wish your enemy to know your
secret tell it not to your friend. Turk.
39. Where you tell your secret you surrender
your freedom. For,
40. Would you know secrets search for them in
grief or pleasure.
41. Your secret is your property. Rothschild.
Secure.
1. He that is secure is not safe.
2. He that is too secure is not safe.
3. None are secure from desperation, few from
subtilty. Byron,
Security.
1. Security is nowhere safe. Ger,
2. Security is the first cause of misfortune. Ger,
Seditious.
I. The most seditious are the most cowardly.
Tacitus.
Seeing.
1. I wa*d rather see't than hear tell o*t.
2. Seeing's believing, but feeling's the truth.
16

242

Seeking. — Seeming.—Self-commanix

3. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.
4. We shall see, as the blind man said. JFr.
5. What we see we believe. JPr,
6. Who sees with the eye of another is as blind
as a mole. Ger.
Seeking.
1. He that seeks finds. Sp,
2. He that seeks finds and sometimes what he
would rather not. ItaL
3. He who is well and seeks ill, if it come God
help him. Sp,
4. Seek till you find and you'll not lose your
labor. Sp,
5. Seek your salve where you got your sore.
6. Who seeks what he should not, finds what he
would not. Gcr.
Seeming.
1. Life is arched with changing skies,
Rarely are they what they seem.
2. Things are not what they seem.
3. To seem and not to be is throwing the shuttle
without weaving.
Self-command.
I. The noblest task is to command one's self.
Maga,
Self-conceit.
1. Conceit may puff a man up, but never props
him up. Ruskin.
2. It is a good thing to have the conceit taken
out of us.

Self-depreciation.

243

3. "Let us agree not to step on each other's
feet," said the cock to the horse.
4. Self-conceit deprives the wasp of honey.
Yoruba {Africa),
5. Stand up, cent, and let the dollar sit down.
6. Stand up, farthing, and let the florin sit
down. Ger,
7. The goslings would lead the geese to grass.
Fr.
8. There is more hope of a fool, than of him that
is wise in his own conceit. ^ikle,
9. There is not a mite but fancies itself a cheese.
Lavater,
10. 'Tis self-conceit makes opinion obstinate.
Self-depreciation.
1. He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten
by the wolf.
2. He that makes himself dirt is trod on by the
swine.
3. He who lies down in the wash will be eaten
by the swine. Dutch^ Dan.
4. He who lies on the ground must expect to be
trodden on. Ger,
5. He who makes a mouse of himself will be
eaten by the cats. Ger.
6. He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the
hawk. Ital.
7. He who makes himself a servant is expected
to remain a servant. Ital.
8. He who makes himself honey will be eaten
by the bees. Ger.^ Dutch.

244 Self-confidence.— Self-conquest.
9. He who makes himself nothing is nothing.
Ger.
10. He who throws himself under the bench will
be left to lie there. Dan.
11. Who lets another sit on his shoulder will
soon have him on his head. Ger.
12. Who makes himself mutton the wolf eats.
{Barbary States) Joel Barlow.
13. Who would not have feet set on his neck, let
him not stoop. Ital.
Self-confidence.
I. Self-confidence is the first requisite to human
greatness.
Self-conquest.
I. Self-conquest is the greatest of victories.
Plato.
Self-defence.
I. Self-defence is nature's oldest law. Dry den.
Self-denial.
1. The more a man denies himself, the more
will he receive from Heaven. Horace,
Self-doing.
\. Self done is soon done. Ger.
2. Self done, well done. Ger.
3. Self do, self have.
Self-esteem.
I. He who esteems none but himself is as happy
as a king. Ital..
Self-exaltation.
I. Self-exaltation is the fool's paradise.

—Self- pear.— S&lfi shn ess.

245

Self-exertion.
I. Generals and premiers spring rot from seed
corn : men must exert themselves. Chinese.
z. Give orders and do it yourself and you will
be rid of anxiety. Por.
3. Give order and do no more and nothing will
be done. Sp., Par.
4. He spins from himself like a spider,
5. He that performs his own errand saves his
messenger's hire. Dan.
6. He that would have a thing done quickly and
well must do it himself. Jtai.
7. He that would have the fruit must climb tha

8. Hope in the Lord but exert yourself. Jiussian,
9. Paddle your own canoe.
10. When it rains pottage you must hold up your
dish,
11. Would you have potatoes grow by the pot-
side?
Self-fear.
I. When you have no observers be afraid of
yourself.
Setfiahneas.
I. A man overboard, a mouth the less. DuUh.
1. All men row galley-way ; i>., towards them-
selves,
3. Each person for his own skin. Turk.
4. Every man draws the water to his own mill,
5. Every man for himself and God for us all.
Gtr.

2^.6 Selfishness.
6. Every man thinks of advancing himself, but
no one thinks of the danger that may accrue to the
public weal. Plutarch.
7. Every old woman blows under her own kettle.
Servian.
8. Every one draws toward his own side.
9. Every one has his hands turned towards him-
self. Polish.
10. Every one rakes the embers to his own cake.
Arabian.
11. Every one rakes the fire under his own pot.
nan.
12. For my peck of salt set the kiln on fire.
13. He is better with a rake than a fork.
14. He sets my house on fire only to roast his
eggs-
15. Let me gain by you and no matter whether
you love me or not.
16. Like the dog in the manger, you'll not eat
yourself nor let the horse eat.
17. No. I is the first house in the row.
18. Self is the first object of charity. Latin.
19. Self is the man. Dutchy Ger.
20. Selfishness in council brings misfortune to
the State. Ger.
21. Selfishness puts all in its own sack. Ger.
22. The gardener's dog neither eats greens (or
lettuce) nor lets any one else eat them.
//a/., Sp.^ Pdr.

Self-love, Self-lovers. — Self-control. 247
Self-love, Self-lovers.
1. It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they
will set an house on fire (though) it were but to
roast their eggs. Bcuon.
2. Of all mankind each loves himself the best.
Terence,
3. Self-love and self-conceit fills the land with
fools. Ger,
4. Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our
virtues. Goethe,
5. Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.
Rochefoucauld,
6. Self-love is a mote in every man's eye.
7. Self-love is a thief. Ger,
8. Self-love, my liege, is not so great a sin
As self-neglecting. Shaks.
9. Self-love — nobody's else love. Dutch,
Self-controL
I. Know prudent, cautious, self-control is wis-
dom's root. Bums,
Self-mastery.
I. He that is master of himself will soon be
master of others.
Self-preservation.
1. A drowning man would catch at razors. Ital,
2. As sore fights the wren as the crane. (A//
are equally courageous in extremity^
3. He that is carried down the torrent catcheth
at everything.
4. He that is drowning shouts though he be not
heard. Ital,

248 Self-reliance.— SELF-RKSPECT.—SELF-REsrmAiifT.
5. Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Self-reliance.
1. For that thou can'st do thyself rely not on an-
other.
2. I am the only one of my friends I can rely
upon. Terence.
3. Rely on yourself. La Fontaine.
Self-respect.
I. All must respect those who respect them-
selves. Bea.
Self-restraint.
I. Who restraineth himself in the use of things
lawful will never encroach on things forbidden.
Dr. Johnson.
Self-seeing.
I. O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us !
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An' foolish notion. Bums.
Self-sustaining.
I. He flies with his own wings. Latin.
Selling.
1. Rather sell than be poor.
2. Sell him for an ass at the fair who talks much
and does little.
3. Sell me dear and measure me fair.
4. Sell publicly and buy privately.
5. Some sell and don*t deliver. J^^
6. They that sell kids and have no goats, how
came they by them ?

Send. — Sense. — Senses. — Sensible.

249

7. While the dust is on your feet sell what you
have bought
8. Who will sell a blind horse praises the feet.
Ger.
9. You must sell as markets go.
Send.
1. Send a man of sense on an embassy and
you need not instruct him.
2. Send a wise man on an errand and say noth-
ing to him.
3. Send not for a hatchet with which to break
open an ^g'g,
4. Send you to the sea, ye'll na get salt water.
Sense.
1. All complain of want of silver but none of
want of sense. Scotch.
2. Sense comes with age.
3. Take care of your sense ; the sound will take
care of itself.
4. The man of sense does not hang up his
knowledge. For,
5. When one sense is suppressed it only retires
into the rest. Pope.

I. He that feeds his senses feasteth his enemies.
Sensible.
1. The sensible man hopes little and despairs of
nothing. Fr,
2. The sensible man understands a half a word.
Fr.

250

Sermon.— Servant.

Sermoiu
1. A good sermon must be brie^ clear and
vigorous. Ger.
2. A sermon without Augustine is a stew with-
out bacon. Sp.
3. Funeral sermon, lying sermon. Ger.
4. He profits most by the Lenten sermon who
has two full meals in his stomach. Ger,
5. Long sermon, little attention. Ger.
Servant.
1. A faithful servant is more than a mother.
Tamil.
2. A good servant makes a good master. ItcU,
3. A good servant must have good wages.
4. A servant and a cock should be kept but one
year.
5. A servant is a paid enemy.
6. A servant is known by his master's absence.
7. A servant knows more than he should tell. Ger.
8. A servant never yet miscarried through ex-
cess of respect.
9. A servant should know more than he tells.
10. A smiling boy seldom proves a good servant.
11. A young serving man — an old beggar.
12. An honest and diligent servant is an humble
friend.
13. An honest and faithful servant is a jewel.
Ben Jansan,
14. At a bridge, a plank, or a river, the servant
foremost, the master behind.

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251

15. At the end of one year the man has the habits
of his master. Sp,
16. Bad is a bad servant, but 'tis worse being
without him.
17. By the servant the master is known. Ger,
18. Do not stuff your servant with bread and he
won*t ask for cheese. Sp.
19. Eat of your own and call yourself mine, /'. e,,
be my servant and feed yourself . For,
20. Give a new servant bread and eggs, but after
a year bread and a cudgel.
21. Grandfather's servants are never good.
22. He can give little to his servant who licks his
own trencher.
23. He is the devil's valet ; he does more than he
is ordered.
24. He that would be ill served must keep plenty
of servants. Ital.
25. He that would be well served must know
when to change his servants.
26. He who has servants has unavoidable ene-
mies. Sp,
27. If the servant grows rich and the master
poor they are both good for nothing. Ger,
28. If you have a loitering servant set his dinner
before him and send him on an errand. Sp,
29. If you pay not a servant his wages he will
pay himself.
30. If you would have a faithful servant and one
that you like, serve yourself. Franklin,
31. If you would have a good servant take
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Serving.

32. Many servants, little service. Ger.
33. Many servants, many enemies. Ger,
34. No silver, no servant.
35. Servants should put on patience when they
put on livery.
36. Servants will not be diligent when the mas-
ter's negligent.
37. The lazy servant takes eight steps to avoid
one. Sp,^ Dutch,
38. The more servants the worse service. Dutch.
39. The servant holds a key to the closet that
contains the family skeleton.
40. The servant of a king is a king.
41. The servant wench that has a mother in town
swoons seven times a day. Sp,
42. Three things are of equal worth : the old ser-
vant, dog and horse. Ger,
43. What enjoyment! to have little to eat and
keep a servant. .5^.
44. Who has many servants has many thieves.
Dutch,
Serving.
1. A service done to the unwilling is no service.
2. He who serves is not free. .5^.
3. He who serves many masters must neglect
some. Sp,
4. He who serves the public hath but a scurvy
master. ItaL, Dutch,
5. He who serves the public obliges nobody.
6. He who will not serve one master must needs
serve many. Ital,

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253

7. Proffered service is little valued. Dutch.
8. Serve as a serf or fly like a deer. Fr,
9. Serve God in your calling ; 'tis better than al-
ways praying.
10. Serve yourself till your bairns come to age.
11. Service is no inheritance.
12. Services unrequired go unrequited. Ger.
13. Serving one's own passion is the greatest
slavery.
14. Small service is true service while it lasts.
Wordsworth,
15. They also serve who only stand and wait.
MUton,
16. Unwilling service earns no thanks. Dan,
17. Whoever serves well and says nothing makes
claim enough. Jtal.
18. Who serves well asks enough.
19. He is a slave of the greatest slave, who serv-
eth nothing but himself.
20. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody.
21. He that serves the public is paid by nobody,
22. He that serves well need not be afraid to ask
his wages.
23. He who would serve everybody gets thanks
from nobody. Dan,
24. If you wish to be well served, serve yourself.
Sp„ For.
Seven.
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254

Sexes. — Shadow. — Shame.

2. Seven may be company but nine are confusion.
3. Seven's a banquet, nine's a brawl. Latin.

I. There are three sexes : men, women and
clergymen. Fr,
Shadow.
1. He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
Lucan,
2. What shadows we are and what shadows we
pursue. Burke.
Shame.
1. Having sold his sense of shame he carries his
price under his arm. Tamil.
2. He is lost whose shame is lost.
3. He that cannot conceal his own shame will
not conceal another's.
4. He that despises shame wants a bridle.
5. He who has no shame has no conscience. Sp.
6. Ingenuous shame once lost is never regained.
Syrus.
7. In the land of the naked, people are ashamed
of clothes. Livonian.
8. It is no shame to yield to him, that we must
not oppose.
9. Many a one would like to lay his own shame
on another's back.
10. One doth the blame, another bears the shame.
11. Shame comes to no man unless he helps it on
the way. Dan.
12. Shame is worse than death. Russian.
13. Shame lasts longer than poverty. Dutch.

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255

14. Shame lost, honor lost. ^
15. Shameful craving must have shameful way.
16. Shame may restrain what the law does not
prohibit. Seneca,
17. Shame of poverty is almost as bad as pride
of wealth.
18. Shame once banished never returns in favor.
Syrus.
19. Some, thinking to avenge their shame, increase
it Fr.
20. That man is lost who is lost to shame.
Plauttis.
21. The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of
frugality or poverty. Idvy.
22. There is no honor where there is no shame.
//a/.
23. Where there is shame there is virtue. Ger,
24. Who fears no shame comes to no honor.
Dutch.
25. Who has no shame, all the world is his own.
Ital.
26. Who loseth shame once loseth it forever.
Ger.
Sharpers.
1. Between two sharpers the sharpest. Sp.
2. The sharper soon cheats the covetous man.
Sp,y Par,
3. When sharpers prey upon one another there
is no game abroad.
4. When sharpers quarrel, the wolf has a winning
game.

256

Shaving. — Sheep.

ShtLYtng,
1. A bald head is soon shaven.
2. A beard well lathered is half shaved. Sp,
3. After shaving there's nothing to shear.
JFr.y ItaLy For.
4. Bald heads are soon shaven.
5. St. Francis shaved himself first and then he
shaved his brethren. Jtal,
6. The executioner is a clean shaver. Ger.
7. 'Tis ill shaving s^ainst the wool.
Sheep.
1. A little sheep always seems young. Fr.
2. A mild sheep is sucked by every lamb. /to/.
3. A sheep's bite is never more than skin deep.
Ifal
4. Coupled sheep drown one another. Dutch.
5. Every lamb knows its own dam.
6. Every time the sheep bleats it loseth a mouth-
ful.
7. Good pastures make fat sheep. Shaks,
8. He who has sheep has fleeces. Sp.
9. It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its
own fleece. Dan,
10. It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf her
confessor.
11. It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace
with a wolf.
12. Make thyself a sheep and the wolf is ready.
Russian,
13. Make yourself a sheep and the wolves will
cat you. Ital., Fr,, Ger.

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257

14. Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes
home shorn. Dan.
15. One mangy sheep spoils a whole flock. Dan.
16. One sheep follows another.
17. One stable will hold many patient sheep. Ger.
18. Shear the sheep but don't flay them. Fr.
19. Shear sheep that have them.
20. Silly sheep, where one goes all go. Sp,
21. That is a woeful silly sheep that goes to the
wolf to confess.
22. That sheep has his belly full that butts his
companion.
23. The deceived sheep that went for wool came
back shorn. Sp,
24. The lamb goes to the spit as soon as the
sheep. Don Quixote,
25. The lamb has no choice when in the jaws
of the wolf. Chinese.
26. The scabbier the sheep the harder it bleats.
Dutch.
27. The sheep does not bite the wolf. Ger.
28. The sheep on the mountain is higher than the
bull on the plain. Fr.
29. The sheep out of the fold, the wolf eats it.
M. Greek.
30. The sheep should have his belly full who
quarrels with his mate. Bea,
31. The sheep that bleats is strangled by the
wolf. Ital.
32. The sheep that bleats most does not give the
most wool. Ger,
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Shepherds.

33. The sheep that bleats most gives the least
milk. Dan,
34. The sheep that bleats loses a mouthful.
Fr,, Itai., Sp., For.
35. The sheep that is too tame is sucked by too
many lambs. Fr,
36. The well-fed sheep makes a cloak of its tail.
Sp.
37. 'Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her
confessor. Fr,, ItaL
38. When one sheep is over the dam the rest fol-
low. Dutch,
39. When one sheep leads the way the rest fol-
low. Chinese,
40. Where every hand fieeceth the sheep goes
naked.
Shepherds.
1. An excessive number of shepherds harms the
flock. Chinese,
2. Straying shepherd, straying sheep. Ger,
3. The good shepherd shears, not flays. Ital,
4. The more shepherds the less care. Dan,
5. The shepherd even when he becomes a gen-
tleman smells of the lamb. M, Greek,
6. When many shepherds tend the sheep,
They but so much the longer sleep. Dutch,
7. When the shepherd is angry with his sheep
he sends them a blind guide.
8. When the shepherd strays the sheep stray.
Dutch.

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259

Shift.
I. A good shift may serve long but it cannot
serve forever.
Ship.
1. A dear ship stands long i' the haven.
2. A great ship must have deep water.
3. A little leak will sink a great ship.
4. A little ship needs but a little sail.
5. All ships leak : some midships, some in the
bows, some in the hold. ItaL
6. Better is an old carriage than a new ship.
Dan.
7. Better on a sound boat than a leaky ship.
Ger.
8. Don't give up the ship. Lawrence.
9. Don't spoil the ship for a half-penny-worth
of tar.
10. Great ships require deep waters.
11. He who steadies himself between two ships
will certainly be drowned. Russian.
12. It is hard to track the path the ship follows
in the ocean. Dan.
13. Many commanders sink the ship. M, Greek.
14. Many drops of water will sink the ship.
15. Many grains of sand will sink a ship. Dan.
16. Ships fear fire more than water.
17. The great ship has also great dangers.
M. Greek.
18. The ship does not go without the boat. ItaL
19. 'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.

26o Shipwreck. — Shirt.
20. To a crazy ship every wind is contrary. ItcU.
21. Two captains sink the ship. Turk.
22. When the helm is gone the ship will soon be
wrecked. Dan.
23. When the ship is sunk every one knows she
might have been saved.
24. Where the ship goes the brig can go. ItaL
25. You may take a ship to water, but you cannot
make it swim. Punch.
Shipwreck.
1. A general shipwreck is a consolation to all.
Latin.
2. A wreck on a shore is a beacon at sea. Dutch.
3. After shipwrecks there is a harbor. Latin.
4. All wrecks come to the shore ; the shore never
goes to the wreck. Fr.
5. He is foolish to blame the sea who is ship-
wrecked twice. Syrus.
6. He that has been shipwrecked shudders at
still water. Ovid.
7. He who is shipwrecked the second time can-
not lay the blame on Neptune.
8. Let another's shipwreck be your sea mark.
9. No one can complain of the sea who twice
suffers shipwreck. Ger.
10.' Shipwrecked in luxury and lost in ease. Prior.
11. Show mercy to those that are shipwrecked.
Phocylides 540 years before Christ.
12. To look at a shipwreck from the shore. Latin.
Shirt.
I. Close sits my shirt but closer my skin.

Shoe. 26 1
2. He that has more smocks than shirts in a
bucking,
Had need be a man of good forelooking.
Chaucer,
3. He that has no shirt wishes every day for ten
yards of cloth. Turk.
4. My shirt is nearer than my cloak. Dutch.
5. Near is my shirt but nearer is my skin.
6. The shirt is nearer than the doublet.
JtcU.y Sp,^ Dan.
Shoe.
1. All feet tread not in one shoe.
2. Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot.
3. Every shoe fits not every foot.
4. Dr. Luther's shoes will not fit every village
priest. Ger,
5. Fit the foot to the shoe, not the shoe to the
foot. {Applied to those cutting absurdly^ Por.
6. He has found a last for his shoe.
7. His shoes are made of running leather.
8. If your shoe pinches you, give it your man.
9. No one knows better where the shoe pinches
than he who wears it. ItaL^ Ger.
10. None know where the shoe pinches but he
that wears it. (Exclamation of the Roman noble who
had just put away his wife.)
11. Not every wood will make wooden shoes. Dan.
12. One cannot make all shoes over the same last.
13. One must make the shoe according to the
foot. -- Ger,

262 Shoemaker. — Short. — Shot, Shooting.
14. One shoe will not fit every foot. Ger.
15. Over shoes, over boots.
. 16. Shoes made by the elder brother's wife are a
pattern for the younger brother's wife to copy.
Chinese.
17. The fairest looking shoe may pinch the foot.
18. The finest shoe often hurts the foot.
19. The same shoe does not fit every foot. ItaL
20. There never was a shoe however handsome
that did not become an ugly slipper. Ital,
21. To cast an old shoe after one. {This is done
to bring good luck,)
22. To him who hath a shoe under his foot it is
the same as if the world was covered with leather.
23. Two feet in one shoe. Turk.
Shoemaker.
1. Let not the shoemaker go beyond his last.
Latin.
2. Shoemaker, stick to your last. Ger,^ Sp.^ Dutch.
3. Shoemakers and tailors lie readily. Ger.
4. Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep
may die. Sp.
5. Shoemakers and tailors count hours.
6. Shoemakers should na be sailors that can
neither steer nor row.
7. Six awls make a shoemaker.
Short.
I. An inch too short is as bad as an ell. Dutch.
Shot, Shooting.
I. A chance shot will kill the devil. Irish,

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263

2. A fine shot never killed a bird. ItaL
3. A man does not always aim at what he means
to hit.
4. A miss is as good as a mile.
5. An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
6. An inch of a miss is as good as a mile.
7. He is a bad shot who cannot find an excuse.
Ger.
8. He must shoot well who always hits the
mark. Dutch,
9. He that shoots always right forfeits his arrow.
10. He that is always shooting must sometimes
hit.
11. He who once hits will ever be shooting.
12. He who shoots often hits at last. Ger.
13. He will shoot higher that shoots at the moon
than he that shoots at a dunghill, though he miss
the mark.
14. It is not enough to aim, you must hit. ItaL
15. Not every ball hits. Ger,
16. Often shooting hits the mark. Ger.
17. One cannot take aim at things too high.
18. One does not always hit what one aims at. Fr.
19. One may as much miss the mark by aiming
too high as too low.
20. Shoot not beyond the mark. Terence,
21. When he hits 'tis history,
When he misses 'tis mystery.
Shower.
I. It is the first shower that wets. ItaL

264 Showing One's Self.— Shrew.— Sickness.
Showing One's Self.
I. He that does not sliow himself is overlooked.
Shrew.
1. Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath
her.
2. Govern a horse with a bit and a shrew with a
stick. Dan.
3. It will be fair weather when the shrews have
dined.
4. Onions, smoke and a shrew make a good
man's eye water. Dan.
5. The gray mare is the better horse, />., the
wife rules the husband,
6. There are three things from which no good
can be got without a beating : a walnut tree, a don-
key, and a shrew. Dan.
7. There is little peace in that house where the
hen crows and the cock is mute. Ital.
8. Three things drive a man out of doors : smoke,
a leaky roof, and a shrew. Ital.
9. In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. {You
are marrying a shrew.) Horace.
Sickness.
1. Away with thee, sickness, to where they make
a good pillow for thee. Sp.
2. Be lang sick that you may be soon hale.
3. He is in great danger who being sick thinks
himself well.
4. In time of sickness the soul collects itself
anew. Pliny,

Signs.— Silence. 265
5. It is better to be sick than care for the sick.
Turk.
6. It is easy for a man in health to preach
patience to the sick.
7. Sickness comes in haste and goes at leisure.
Dan,
8. Sickness comes on horseback and departs on
foot. Dutch.
9. Sickness comes uninvited ; no need to bespeak
it. Dan.
10. Sickness is every man's master. Dan*
11. Sickness is felt but health not at all.
12. Sickness tells us what we are.
13. Sickness will spoil the happiness of an em-
peror as well as mine.
14. The chamber of sickness is the chapel of de-
votion.
15. The sick man is free to say all. ItaL
16. The sick man b vexed with the flies on the
wall. Get.
17. The sick man sleeps when the debtor cannot.
ItaL
!&• The sickness of the body may prove the
health of the soul.
19. " Who can escape sickness ? " quoth the
drunken wife when she lay in the gutter.
Sig^ns.
I. Old signs do not deceive. Dan.
Silence.
I. A judicious silence is always better than truth
spoken without charity. De Sales,

266 Silence.
2. A silent tongue and a true heart are the most
admirable things on earth. Ger,
3. Be checked for silence but never taxed for
speech. Shaks,
4. Be silent and pass for a philosopher. Latin.
5. Be silent or say something better than silence.
Ger.
6. Be silent or speak something worth hearing.
7. Better be silent than talk ill. For.
8. Better silence than ill speech. Swedish.
9. Better silent like a fool than talk like a fool.
Ger.
10. Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks
are noisy.
11. Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep
silence. Byron.
12. Few ever repented of having forborne
speech. Rambler.
13. From a silent man and a dog that does not
bark deliver us. Sp,
14. From a silent person remove your dwelling.
Sp.
15. God rights the man that keeps silence.
Persian.
16. He that is silent gathers stones.
17. He that knows nothing, knows enough if he
know how to be silent. Ital.
18. He that knows when to speak, knows too
when to be silent. Archimedes.
19. He who is silent gains store. Sp.

StlMSCK. 2g^
lo. He who would prosper In peace must suffer
in silence. Cw.
ai. I have often regretted having spoken, never
having kept silent. Synu.
22. 1 prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
23. If a word be worth one shekel, silence is
worth two.
24. In silence there is many a good morsel.
25. In the company oE strangers silence is sale.
26. It is good speaking that improves good
silence. DuUh.
27. It is well to know how to be silent till it is
time to speak. Par.
18. Least said is soonest mended.
39. Many have suffered by talking, few by silence.
30. More have repented of speech than of silence.
31. Mote the camel labors with the heaviest load.
And ihe wolf dies in silence. Byron.
32. Of much speaking Cometh repentance, but in
silence is safety. Ancient Brahmin.
33. One accomplishes more by silence than by
speech. Ger.
34. No one betrays himself by silence, Ger,
35. No one has ever injured another through
silence. Ger.
36. No wisdom like silence.
37. Silence and look out, we shall catch both hen
and chicks. Sp.
38. Silence and reflection cause no dejection.
Ger.

268 SiLKNCB.
39. Silence answers much. Dutch,
40. Silence brings friendship.
41. Silence gives consent.
Fr., Ital., Sp., Ger.y Dutch.
42. Silence grips the mouse.
43. Silence has many advantages. Menander.
44. Silence in love betrays more woe
Than words, though ne'er so witty ;
A beggar that is dumb you know
May challenge double. pity. Raleigh.
45. Silence is a fine jewel for a woman but it is
little worn.
46. Silence is as great an art as speech. Get.
47. Silence is better ^an unmeaning words.
Fythagarca.
48. Silence is consent.
49. Silence is deep as eternity, speech is shallow
as time. Carlyle.
50. Silence is learned by the many misfortunes
of life. Seneca.
51. Silence is more eloquent than words. Ger.
52. Silence is the answer to anger. Ger.
53. Silence is the god of the fortunate. Ger.
54. Silence is the greatest ornament in a woman.
Latin.
55. Silence is the mother of truth. Bea.
56. Silence is the sanctuary of truth.
57. Silence is the > virtue of those who are not
wise.
58. Silence is wisdom and gets a man friends.

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269

59. Silence is wisdom when speaking is folly.
60. Silence never betrays you.
John Boyle O'Reilly.
61. Silence puts an end to quarrels. Tamil.
62. Silence reaps what speech sows.
63. Silence seldom does harm.
64. Silence was never written down. Ital,
65. Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Bacon.
66. Silence is the virtue of a fool. Bacon,
67. Silence aspires after truth. Bacon.
68. Silent men like still waters are deep and
dangerous.
69. Some things are better praised by silence
than remark. Latin.
70. Speaking comes by nature, silence by under-
standing. Ger.
71. Speaking is silver, silence is gold. Dutch.
72. Speaking silence is better than senseless
speech. Dan.
73. Speech is oft repeated, silence never. Dan.
74. Speech is silver, silent golden; who speaks
sows, who keeps silent reaps. Persian.
75. Study the power of silence.
76. The silence of the people is the lesson of
kings.
77. The silent dog is the first to bite. Ger.
78. The silent man is most trusted. Dan.
79. The virtue of silence is a great piece of
knowledge. * Ital.

270

Silver.

80. There is a gift beyond the reach of art : of
being eloquently silent. Bavee.
81. There is a sure reward for faithful silence.
Horace,
82. 'Tis easier to know how to speak than how to
keep silent.
83. To be silent hurts no one, to be talkative
does the mischief. Latin.
84. Too much speech and too much silence be-
long to the fool. Ger,
85. Unreasonable silence is folly.
86. We ought either to be silent or speak things
better than silence. Pythagoras.
Silver.
1. A silver hammer breaks an iron door. Fr.
2. A silver key can open an iron lock.
3. Bad silver will only buy old sow's flesh.
Chinese,
4. Bonny silver is soon spent.
5. Fight with silver spurs and you will overcome
everything. Latin,
6. He that fights with silver is sure to overcome.
7. He that has no silver in his purse should
have silver on his tongue.
8. Is no coin good silver but your penny ?
9. Silver and gold are all men's dears. Dan,
10. Silver is of less value than gold, gold than
virtue. Horace.
n. Silver is the people's money. Leland Stanford,
12. White silver draws black lines.

Simple.— Sin. 27 1
Simple.
I. The simple man is the beggar's brother.
Sin.
1. A sin concealed is half pardoned. {Meaning,
when care is taken to conceal the scandal^ Fr,, Ital,
2. A sin confessed is half forgiven. Itai,
3. A sinful heart makes a feeble hand. Scott,
4. Auld sin, new shame.
5. Commit a sin thrice and you will think it
allowable. Hebrew.
6. Compound ior sins they're inclined to,
By damning those they've no mind to. Butler,
7. Conquer one besetting sin at a time.
8. Dissembled sin is double wickedness.
9. Every man has his besetting sin. Cicero.
10. Every one thinks himself without sin because
he hath not that of others. Ital.
11. Every sin carries its own punishment.
12. Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Shaks.
13. I am a man more sinned against than sin-
ning. Shaks.
14. In the land of sinners the unjust sit in judg-
ment. M. Greek.
15. It is the property of an old sinner to find de-
light in reviewing his own villanies in others. South,
16. Keep yourself from opportunities and God
will keep you from sin. Itc^.
17. Nip sin in the bud.
18. Old sins breed new shame.

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Sincerity.

19. One sin another doth provoke. Shaks.
20. One sin opens the door for another. Ger.
21. Out of small sins come large. Ger»
22. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of
justice breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.
Shaks.
23. Sin steals the horse and carries home the
bridle honestly.
24. Sin brings its own punishment.
25. Sin that is hidden is half forgiven.
26. That man sins charitably who damns none
but himself.
27. The good hate to sin from love of virtue, the
bad hate to sin from fear of punishment. Latin,
28- The wages of sin is death. New Testament,
29. To fall into sin is human, to remain in sin
devilish. Ger,
30. We are ever young enough to sin, never old
enough to repent.
31. What is no sin is no shame. Ger,
32. Where one sin hath entered, legions will force
their way. Rogers,
33. Who avoids small sins does not fall into great
ones. Ger,
34. Who is not ashamed of his sins, sins double.
Ger.
Sincerity.
1. Sincerity gives wings to power.
2. True sincerity sends for no witnesses.

Singing. — Sir Positives. — Sit. o-^^
Singling.
1. A man who can't sing is always stnving to
sing. Latin.
2. He that sings on Friday shall weep on Sun-
day.
3. He who pitches too high won't get through
his song. Ger,
4. He who sings drives away sorrow. Itai.
5. He who sings frightens away his ills.
Dan Quixote,
6. None but fools and fiddlers sing at their
meat.
7. Some sing who are not merry. Ital.
8. Who sings drives away care. Sp,
Sir Positives.
I. Two Sir Positives can scarce meet without a
skirmish.
Sit.
1. As good sit still as rise up and fall.
2. Better sit still than rise and get a fall.
3. Don't budge if you sit at ease. Ger,
4. He sits fu still that hath riven breeks.
5. He sits not sure who sits too high.
6. He sits by moonshine and lies abed by sun-
shine.
7. He sits well who can rise without help Dan,
8. He that comes first may sit where he will.
9. He that sits among reeds, cuts pipes as he
pleases. Ger,
10. Lowly sit, richly warm.
18

SlJlNDER.

275

7. Were the sky to fall not an earthen pot
would be left whole. Dutch,
Slander.
1. A slanderer and a snake of deadly poison
have each two tongues. Tamil,
2. Among wild animals the slanderer is most
dangerous, among tame the flatterer. Diogenes.
3. Avoid a slanderer as you would a scorpion.
4. Defaming or slandering others is the greatest
of all sins.
5. For slander lives upon succession,
Forever housed where it once gets possession.
Shaks,
6. He that uttereth a slander is a fool. Bible,
7. He that gives himself leave to play with his
neighbor's fame may soon play it away.
8. He who blackens others does not whiten
himself. Ger,
9. He who repeats the ill he hears is the true
slanderer.
10. He who slanders his neighbor makes a rod
for himself. Dutch,
11. If the ball do not stick to the wall yet it will
leave some mark.
12. If you slander a dead man you stab him in
his grave.
13. Jocular slanders often prove serious injuries.
14. Lay it on, some of it will stick.
15. Lay your hand on your bosom and you will
not speak ill of another. For,

274

Six. — Skeleton.— Skill.— Skin. — Sky.

11. Sit in your place and none can make you
rise.
12. Sit still rather than rise and fall down.
13. They may sit in the chair that have malt to
sell.
Six.
1. Six of one and half a dozen of the other.
2. Six things have no business in this world : a
fighting priest, a coward knight, a covetous judge, a
stinking barber, a soft-hearted mother and an itchy
baker. Fr.
Skeleton.
I. There is a skeleton in every house.
SkiU.
1. Skill and assurance are an invincible couple.
2. Skilled hands eat trout. Dutch.
3. Skill is stronger than strength.
Skin.
1. The skin is nearer than the phirt. Fr.
2. The toughest skin holds longest out.
Cumberland.
Sky.
1. If the sky fall the pots will be broken.
2. If the sky fall we shall catch larks.
3. If the sky fall hold up your hands. Sp.
4. Neither heat nor cold abides always in the
sky.
5. The titmouse holds up its feet to keep the
sky from falling on it. Persian.
6. There is no relying on a starry sky.

Slander.

275

7. Were the sky to fall not an earthen pot
would be left whole. Dutch,
Slander.
1. A slanderer and a snake of deadly poison
have each two tongues. Tamil.
2. Among wild animals the slanderer is most
dangerous, among tame the flatterer. Diogenes,
3. Avoid a slanderer as you would a scorpion.
4. Defaming or slandering others is the greatest
of all sins.
5. For slander lives upon succession,
Forever housed where it once gets possession.
Shaks,
6. He that uttereth a slander is a fool. Bible,
7. He that gives himself leave to play with his
neighbor's fame may soon play it away.
8. He who blackens others does not whiten
himself. Ger,
9. He who repeats the ill he hears is the true
slanderer.
10. He who slanders his neighbor makes a rod
for himself. Dutch,
11. If the ball do not stick to the wall yet it will
leave some mark.
12. If you slander a dead man you stab him in
his grave.
13. Jocular slanders often prove serious injuries.
14. Lay it on, some of it will stick.
15. Lay your hand on your bosom and you will
not speak ill of another. For,

276

Slander.

16. Let him beat me too when I am absent.
{Remark of Socrates when a friend told him that an
enemy had slandered him.)
17. Mary's mouth costs her nothing for she never
opens it but at others' expense. Franklin.
18. No, 'tis slander
Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose
tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. Shaks,
19. Slander expires at a good woman's door. Dan,
20. Slander flings stones at itself.
21. Slander is a more cruel weapon than the
sword, and its wounds are incurable. Fielding.
22. Slanders are the devil's bellows to blow up
contentions.
23. Slander leaves a score behind it.
24. Slander, slander, some of it will stick.
25. Slander, that worst of poisons, ever finds
An easy entrance to ignoble minds. Juvenal.
26. Slander, the foulest whelp of sin. Follok.
27. Slander, whose edge is sharper than the sword.
28. Society produces not a more odious vermin
than the slanderer. Fielding.
29. Such as give ear to slanderers are worse than
slanderers themselves. Domitian.
30. The greatest slanderers are the most impa-
tient of censure. Warton.
31. The only difference between a slanderer and
an evil doer is, that the latter requires an oppor-
tunity. Quintillian.

Slave. — Slaves. — Slaying. 277
32. The way to close the mouth of a slanderer is
to treat him with contempt. Chinese.
33. There is no cure against a slanderer's bite.
Dan.
34. There is no sufficient recompense for an un-
just slander.
35". They that slander the dead are like envious
dogs that bark and bite at bones. Zeno.
36. To slander with a matter of truth.
37. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in a slanderous tongue.
Shaks,
38. Who stabs my name would stab my person
too,
Did not the hangman lie in the way. Crown.
Slave.
I. He is still a slave whose limbs alone are
freed. Ger.
Slaves.
1. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their
lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free ;
They touch our country, and their shackles
fall. Cowper.
2. There is a period in which the tamest slaves
rise into fury and revenge. Gibbon,
3. We ought not to forget that our slaves are
our fellowmen. Cato.
Slaying.
I. He that slavs shall be slain.

278

Sleep.

Sleep.
1. All are not asleep who have their eyes shut.
Ger.
2. All who snore are not asleep. Dan.
3. Death's half-brother, sleep. Dryden.
4. Do not go to sleep early and rise late. Hindoo,
5. Every one will sleep as he makes his bed.
M. Greek,
6. He hath slept well who remembers not he
slept ill.
7. He sleeps as dogs do when wives sift meal.
8. He sleeps soundly who has nothing to lose. Fr,
9. He who desireth to sleep soundly, let him
buy the bed of a bankrupt.
10. He who lies long in bed his estate feels it.
11. He who sleeps alone keeps long cold; two
soon warm each other. Ger.
12. He who sleeps by day will hunger by night.
Detroit Free Press.
13. He who sleeps catches no fish. ItaL
14. He who sleeps much learns little. Sp.
15. He who sleeps well does not feel ihe fleas. ItaL
16. If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I
know not for whom. ItaL
17. If men had not slept the tares had not been
sown.
18. ril sleep on it. Dutch.
19. It is good to sleep in a whole skin.
Ger.y Dutch^ Dan.
20. It is not for a man in authority to sleep a
whole night. Homer,

Sleep.

279

21. Let him who sleeps too much borrow the pil-
low of a debtor. Sp.
22. Not all are asleep who have their eyes shut.
Ital.
23. O sleep I it is a gentle thing ;
Beloved from pole to pole. Coleridge.
24. One hour's sleep before midnight is better
than two after. Fr.^ Ger.
25. One must not take his cares to bed with him.
Ger.
26. Quiet sleep feels no foul weather.
27. Slavery's only service money — sweet sleep.
Bea.
28. Sleep is a sovereign physic. MasHnger.
29. Sleep is a thief : it steals half one's life. Ger,
30. Sleep is the brother of death. Ger,
31. Sleep makes every man as great or rich as the
greatest.
32. Sleep not in time of peril.
33. Sleep over it and you will come to a resolu-
tion. Sp.
34. Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of
care,
The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath ;
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second
course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast. Shaks,
35. Sleep that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye.
Shaks,
36. Sleep to the sick is half health. Ger,

28o Sleeve. — Slippers.— Sloth.
37. Sleep without supping and waste without
owing.
38. The less a man sleeps the more he lives.
39. Those who come from labor and exercise
sleep more sweetly than the inactive and effeminate.
Alexander,
40. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep.
Young,
41. To sleep a dog's sleep.
42. We are all equals when we are asleep.
Don Quixote.
43. We can sleep with open gates — we have noth-
ing to lose. Loyal Songs,
44. When unbruised youth with unstufiEed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth
reign. Shaks.
45. Who goes fasting to bed will sleep but lightly.
Dutch.
46. Who goes to bed supperless all the night tum-
bles and tosses.
47. You should go to the land of Nod where they
pay you for sleeping.
48. You would do well in Slumberland where
they have half a crown a day for sleeping.
Sleeve.
I. A broken sleeve holdeth the arm back.
Slippers.
I. Though golden slippers they must be put on
the feet. Tamil,
Sloth.
I. A slothful man hldeth his hand in his bosom.
Bible,

Slough. — Slow. 28 1
2. A slothful man is a brother to him who is a
great waster.
3. A slothful man never has time. Ital.
4. A slothful man is a beggar's brother.
5. Flee, sloth, for the indolence of the soul is
the decay of the body. Cato,
6. Gaudy, slothful people are wasps that eat up
the bee's honey.
7. He that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. Bible,
8. Sloth is the beginning of vice. Dutch,
9. Sloth is the key to poverty. Ger,^ Sp,^ For,
10. Sloth is the mother of poverty.
11. Sloth is the nurse of vice and rust of action.
Massinger,
12. Sloth like rust consumes faster than labor
wears.
13. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry
all easy. Franklin.
14. Sloth, that destructive siren, is ever to be
avoided. Horace.
15. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
16. Sloth wears out the body and consumes the
mind.
Slough.
1. There is nothing like being bespattered for
making one defy the slough. Fr,
2. Who has not himself stuck in the slough
looks not for another therein. Ger.
Slow.
I. Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

2^2 Sluggard.
2. Be slow in giving advice, ready to do a
service.
3. Be slow to believe an evil report ; deliberate
well before repeating it.
4. Be slow to offend, swift to revenge. (An in-
scription on a dagger,)
5. Be slow to promise, quick to perform.
6. Slow and sure.
7. Slow at meat, slow at work.
8. Slow rises wealth by poveny depressed.
Dr. Johnson.
Sluggard.
1. A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he
would not take one in due time.
2. At evening the sluggard is busy. Ger.
3. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways
and be wise. BibU.
4. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live
And by her busy ways reform thine own.
Smart,
5. He who has a sluggard has a prophet. {He
invents excuses such as it is going to rain, etc^
M. Greek.
6. Pull up the stones, you sluggard, and break
the devil's head with them.
7. Sluggards are never scholars.
8. The sluggard makes his night till noon.
9. The sluggard's convenient season never
comes.
10. The sluggard's guise : loth to go to bed and
loth to rise.

Small. — Smarts.

283

11. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I hear him
complain,
** You have waked me too soon, I must slumber
again. " fVaUs.
12. What better is the house for a sluggard rising
early ?
Small.
1. A great gap may be filled with small stones.
Gaelic,
2. A small bolt to the house is better than none
at all. Dan.
3. A small cloud may hide both sun and moon.
Dan,
4. A small coin in a big jar makes a great noise.
Hebretv,
5. A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
6. A small hatchet fells a great oak. For,
7. A small hurt in the eye is a great one.
8. A small matter hurts one that is sore.
9. A small pack becomes a small pedler.
10. A small sore wants not a great plaster.
11. A small stone is large enough to prop up a
large water jar. African,
12. A small sum may serve for a small reckoning.
13. Attention to small things is the economy of
virtue. Chinese,
14. Small axes fell great trees. Ger,
15. Small brooks make the greatest noise. Ger,
Smarts.
I. What smarts teaches.

284

Smilb. — Smiles.— Smith.— Smoke.— Snail.

Smile.
1. A cup must be bitter that a smile will not
sweeten.
2. Better the last smile than the first laughter.
3. One may smile and smile and be a villain.
Shaks.
Smiles.
I. Smiles from reason flow.
To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.
MiUan.
Smith.
1. The smith's dog sleeps at the sound of the
hammer and wakes at the grinding of teeth. Sp.
2. The smith's mare and the cobbler's wife are
always the worst shod.
Smoke.
1. No smoke without fire. Ger,
2. Secret fire is discerned by its smoke. Catalan,
3. Smoke rises only from large blocks of wood.
JRussian,
4. The seller of smoke was punished by smoke.
Alexander Severus.
SnaU.
1. The snail slides up the tower at last though
the swallow mounteth it not.
2. The snail to be rid of annoyance bartered its
eyes for horns. Sp.
3. Tramp on a snail and she'll shoot out her
horns. Bailey,
Sneer.
I. A sneer cannot be answered.

Snow. — Sob ri et y. — Softly. — Soldier. 285
2. Sneers are poor weapons at the best. Maga,
3. Who can refute a sneer. Foley.
Snow.
1. A snow year, a rich year.
2. In March much snow, to plants and trees
much woe. Ger,
3. Snow for a se' night is a mother to the earth,
forever after a step-mother.
4. Snow is the poor man's fertilizer.
5. The more snow the more healthy the season.
6. What lay hidden under the snow cometh to
light at last. Dutch,
7. When in the ditch the snow doth lie,
Tis waiting for more, by and by.
8. When the snow falls dry it means to lie;
But flakes light and soft bring rain oft.
9. Whether you boil snow or pound it you will
have but water from it.
Sobriety.
I. Strength of n^ind rests in sobriety, for this
keeps the reason unclouded by passion. Pythagoras,
Softly.
I. Softly, don't raise a dust. Itai.
Soldier.
1. A beaten soldier fears a reed. Japanese.
2. Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.
Shahs.
3. A proud soldier is fellow to a king.
4. A soldier, fire, and water soon make room for
themselves. /to/.

286 SOLDIBR.
5. A soldier ought to fear nothing but God and
dishonor.
6. A true soldier is his country's strength, his
sovereign's safety. Benjanson.
7. A young soldier, an old beggar. Ger,
8. A young trooper should have an old horse.
9. All are not soldiers who go to the wars.
Sp,^ For,
10. Away from the battle all are soldiers. Ger.
11. He is not a good soldier who fights with his
tongue. Ger.
12. Ignorance, poverty, and vanity make many
soldiers. Zimmerman,
13. It is the blood of the soldier that makes the
general great. ItaL
14. Soldiers are martyrs to ambition.
15. Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
16. Soldiers must be well paid and well hanged.
Ger.
17. The best soldiers come from the plough.
Ger.
18. The blood of the soldier maketh the glory of
the general.
19. The soldier is well paid iot doing mischief.
ItaL
20. The soldier's blood exalts the captain. ItaL
21. The soldiers fight and the kings are heroes.
Hebrew.
22. The world without peace is the soldier's pay.

V

^

SoLiTUOB —Solomon.— Something.

1

=3

'Tis honor

with most lands to be at odds, H


Soldiers should brook as little wrong

as gods. ■




Shaks. ■

Solitude.

■

I

A solitary

man is either a brute or ati

angel. ■
Hal. ■

3

Among the perils and dangers of

I

tude'

none of the least.

■

3

An absolu

e solitude is contrary to humanity. ■
Petrarch. f

4-

He makes

\ solitude and calls it peace

. Byron. 1

S

In solitude

where we are least alone

Byron. M

6.

It is not good that man should be alone. Bible. |

7

solitude,

where are the charms

■


That sages

have seen in thy face ?

■



Cowper's Alexandfr Selkirk. ■

8

One would not be alone even in Paradise. |




ii^i. ■

9-

Solitude dulls the thought, too much company \

dissipates it.


I

10.

Solitude is

often the best society.

J

II.

Solitude so

me times is best society.

Milton. H

12.

Solitude is

the despair of fools, the

torment H

of the

wicked and the joy of the good.

■



Solomon.

■

I.

When he

was born Solomon passed by his H

door

md would n

ot go in.
SomethiDg.

1

1.

Something tastes better than nothing

Ger. J

a.

Something

to every one is good division. Ger. ^

3-

When one

s getting something one

s io&ing ■

nothing.

Don

Quixote. ^M

288 Son.
Son.
1. A debauched son of a noble family is a foul
stream from a clear spring.
2. A good son is a good brother, good husband,
good father, good kinsman, good friend, good neigh-
bor and good citizen. Chinese,
3. A lame mule and a stupid son have to endure
everything. Sp.
4. Alas, for the son whose father goes to
heaven. Par,
5. A son pays his father's debts, but a father will
not recognize his son's. Chinese,
6. A wise son maketh a glad father, but a fool-
ish son is the heaviness of his mother. Bible,
7. Even as the father was so will the son be.
Scribleanumia,
8. Good wombs have borne bad sons. Shahs,
9. He that brings up his son to nothing breeds
a thief.
10. He to whom God gave no sons the devil
gives nephews. Sp,
11. He who picks up the staff of his father with
respect will not beat his dog. Chinese,
12. His mother an onion, his father garlic, him-
self comes out conserve of roses. Turh,
13. Leave your son a good reputation and em-
ployment.
14. Let a daughter be the care of her mother, but
the education of the son should be the delight of the
father. Pope.
15. Like father, like son. Por.

i6. She spins a good web that brings up her son
well. S/>.
J 7, The portrait of the father is but a picture to
the stranger, to the son a book which points out his
duties. Ckifuse.
18. The son disgraces himself when he blames his
father. Chinese.
19. The son that yawns at his father's oft re-
peated stories will weep little at hia death. Chinese.
20. The tardy son reaps not with his father.
M. Greek.
31. The ungrateful son is a wart on his father's
face ; to leave it is a blemish, to cut it off is pain.
Afghan.
32. To your son give a good name and a trade.
sp.
>3. Uprightness is the aliment of filial piety.
Chinese.
14. We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow.
Our wiser sons will think us so. Pope.
35. Who has no son has no satisfaction. Cingii/ese.

I. A son-in-law of the same village and a plough-
ing buffalo are overwrought. Tamil.
1. A son-in law's friendship is a winter's sun. Sp.
3. After the daughter is married then comes son-
in-laws a plenty. Fr,
4. I see by my daughter's face when the devil
takes hold of my son-in-law. Jial., Sp.
5. Invite your son-in-law to a fowi and he will
take away the lemon. Sf.

290

Song. — Soon. — Sorb.

6. The son-in-law's sack is never full. Dan.
7. To a son-in-law and a hog you need not show
the way but once. . Sp.
8. Who has gold can choose his son-in-law. Ger.
Song.
1. A good song is none the worse for being
sung twice.
2. A silly song may be sung in many ways. Dan.
3. Be the day ever so long, at length cometh even
song.
4. Give me the making of the songs of a people,
I care not who makes their laws.
5. New songs are eagerly sung (or are liked
best). Ger,^ Dan.
6. Sweet song has betrayed many. Ger.
7. There is an end o' an auld sang.
Soon.
1. Soon enough is well enough.
2. Soon gained, soon squandered. Fr.
3. Soon got, soon spent.
4. Soon hot, soon cold.
Sore.
1. It is ill healing an old sore.
2. Old sores are hardly cured.
3. One always knocks one's self on the sore
place. Fr.
4. There is a salve for every sore. Smollett,
5. You rub the sore when you should riib the
plaster. Skaks.

Sorrow.

291

Sorrow.
1. A day of sorrow is longer than a month of
joy. Chinese.
2. A sorrowing bairn was never fat.
3. All sorrows are bearable if there is bread.
Don Quixote.
4. Alone in counsel, alone in sorrow. Dcm.
5. Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is
capable of real good. Mrs, Stowe.
6. Better two losses than one sorrow.
7. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
Moore.
8. Fat sorrow is better than lean sorrow.
9. For sorrow ends not when it seemeth done.
Shaks.
10. Give sorrow words : the grief that does not
speak,
Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it
break. Shaks.
11. Hang sorrow, care'U kill a cat. Benjonson.
12. He gains enough who loses sorrow. Fr.
13. He who loves sorrow will always find some-
thing to mourn over. Dan.
14. He who swims in sin will sink in sorrow.
15. Immoderate sorrow causes great mischief.
Cingalese.
16. It has pleased the gods that sorrow should
act as companion to sorrow.
17. It is weel wairt they hae sorrow that buy it
wi' their siller.

292

Sorrow.

18. Light sorrows speak, great ones are dumb.
Sp^taiar.
19. Make not two sorrows of one. Bacon.
20. One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor. Shaks,
21. On the sands of life sorrow treads heavily,
And leaves a print time cannot wash away.
NeeU.
22. Rejoice not in another's sorrow. T\irk.
23. Serve a great man and you will know what
sorrow is. Sp.
24. Shame on those hearts of stone that cannot
melt,
In soft adoption of another's sorrow. A. Hill.
25. Sin and sorrow are inseparable.
26. Sorrow and ill weather come unsent for.
27. Sorrow brings on premature old age. Latin.
28. Sorrow comes unsent for. Latin.
29. Sorrow concealed doth bum the heart to cin-
ders. Shaks.
30. Sorrow dwells on the confines of pleasure.
31. Sorrow ends not when it seemeth done.
32. Sorrow felt by a man conscious of his igno-
rance is like the joy of heaven. Cingalese.
33. Sorrow is always dry.
34. Sorrow is good for nothing but sin.
35. Sorrow is knowledge. Byron.
36. Sorrow seldom comes alone. Dan.
37. Sorrow will pay no debt.
38. Sorrows grow less every time they arc told,
Just like the age of a woman. Punch.

■

^^ SoMow. 293

39

Sorrows remembered sweeten present joy.


Pollok.

40.

That which comes with sin goes with sorrow.


Dm.

41.

The best cure for sorrow is to pity somebody.

4a.

The bridge between joy and sorrow is not

long.

Ger.

43-

The holidays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

44-
a ha)

The sorrow men have lor others hangs upon

45-

The path of sorrow, and that path alone


Leads to ihe lands where sorrow is unknown.


Cawfer,

46.

This is the truth the poet sings,


That sorrow's crown of sorrow is remember-


ing happier things. Tennyson.

47-

Tis better to be lowly bom and range with

humble lovers in content, than wear a golden sor- B

row.

Shaks.

48.

'Tis held that sorrow makes us wise. Tennyson.

49.

'Tis not in the power of man to bear


The silent eloquence of female sorrow.


Massinger.

50-

Two in distress make sorrow less.

SI-

When sorrow is asleep wake it not.

S'-

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,


But in batalHons. Shaki.

53-

Whither goest thou, sorrow?— whither 1 am

wont

^.

2QA Soul.— Soup.
SonL
X. A little body often harbors a great soul.
s. A pensive soul feeds upon nothing but bitters.
3. A soul in a fat body lieth soft and is loth to
rise.
4. As sight in the eye so is the mind in the soul.
. 5. Com is cleansed with the wind and the soul
with chastening.
6. It is nobler to convert souls than to conquer
kingdoms. I/wis k Debannaire.
7. Lay not that flattering unction to your soul.
Shaks.
8. Little bodies have great souls.
9. Little souls on little shifts rely. Dryden.
10. My chest locked up, my soul safe. Par.
11. Provide for thy soul by doing good works.
13. The body is the socket of the soul.
13. The body is the workhouse of the soul.
14. The soul is a prisoner which in escaping
always kills his jailer.
15. The soul is not where it lives but where it
loves.
16. The soul of a choleric man sits ever by the
fireside.
17. What is a man profited if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul. New Testament.
Soup.
I. All ought to be made to taste the soup, /. e.^
share the disagreeable, Gritntn^s Fairy Tales.

Sour Crapes.— Sour Kkaut.— Sowing.

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Sour Grapes.
1, " Sour grapes," as the fox said when he could
not reach them.
2. Sour grapes can never make sweet wine.
Sour Kraut.
1. Sour kraut is good for the cold fever. Ger.
Sowing.
■ I. After a bad harvest sow again. {Don't yield
to difficulties.) Latin.
2. Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the
pigeons.
3. Early sow, early mow.
4. He that sows his grain upon marble will have
much hunger before harvest. Arbuthnot.
5. He ihat sows in the highway tires his oxen
and loseih his com.
6. He that sows iniquity shall reap sorrow.
7. He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.
8. He who sows hatred shall gather rue. Dan.
g. He who sows here shall reap hereafter. Tvrk.
10. He who sows his land trusts in God.
11. He who sows iniquity shall reap shame. Dan.
12. He who sows little reaps little, Dan.
13. He who sows money will reap poverty. Dan.
14. He who sows peas on the highway does not
get all the pods into his barn. Dan.
15. He who sows thorns will never reap grapes.
16. He who sows well reaps well. ^.
17. If ihou wouldst \

thy hand but pour

a good crop, sow

lot of the sack.

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111 sowers make ill harvest.

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NS a thing that will not sell.

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tioms should not go barefoot. |



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a white Spaniard and a

blacli ■

^H Englishman.

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pine ■

^^H cones, than to live in a castle with Spaniards.

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have ■

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Ever spare

ever bare.

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Spakk.

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6. He that spares the wicked injures the good.
Syrus.
7. He that spares something to-day will have
something lo-morrow. Dutch.
8. He that spares when he is young may spend
when be is old.
9. He that spares vice wrongs virtue. Fr., Ger.
10. He that spareth the purse spoileth the child.
Fitlding.
It. He that spareth the rod hatetb his son, but
he that loveth him chastiseth him betimes. Bible.
12. He who spends more than he should.
Shall not have to spare when he would.
13. It is as great a mischief to spare all as it is
cruelty to spare none.
14. Spare well and spend well.
15. Spare when you are young, and spend when
you are old.
16. Spare your breath to cool your pottage.
17. 'Tis too late to spare when the pocket is bare.
Ger„ Dutch.
Spark.
1. A concealed spark is more to be feared than
an open fire. Ger.
2. A large fire often comes from a small spark.
Dem.
3. A little spark kindles a great fire.
Hal., Ger., Sp.
4. A little spark shines in the dark. Fr.
J. A little spark will set a whole city on fire.
Araiian.

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Sparrow.— Spa&ta.^Spkak.

6. A small spark can cause a great conflagration*
Chinese.
7. A small spark makes a great fire.
8. Blacksmiths' children are not afraid of
sparks. Dan.
9. Even the smallest spark shines brightly in
darkness. Latin.
10. From a spark the house is burnt. Dutch,
11. The smith has always a spark in his throat
12. The spark sleeps in the stone. Ger.
Sparrow.
1. A sparrow is a little bird yet it has liver and
gall all complete. Chinese.
2. A sparrow suffers as much when it breaks its
leg as does a Flanders' horse. Dan.
3. Auld sparrows are ill to tame.
4. Every sparrow to its ear of wheat
5. How can sparrows expect to be admitted into
the society of peacocks ? Ifans Andersen.
6. Sparrows fight for com which is none of their
own.
7. Sparrows should not dance with cranes, their
legs are too short. Dan.
8. The sparrow builds in the martin's nest.
Sparta.
I. Sparta is not buried up in one man.
Callicretides.
Speak.
1. He speaks of things more ancient than chaos.
2. He speaks one word nonsense and two that
have nothing in them.

Spbar. — Spears. — Speech.

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3. He that speaks lavishly shall hear as knav-
ishly.
4. He that speaks me fair and loves me not,
I'll speak him fair and trust him not.
5. He that speaks not, God hears not. Sp.
6. He that speaks of things that do not concern
him, shall hear of things that will not please him.
Arabian,
7. He that speaks sows, he that hears reaps.
8. He that speaks the things he shouldna, hears
the things he wa'dna.
9. He that speaks truth must have one foot in
the stirrup. Turk.
10. He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no
one. Dan.
11. That is well spoken which is well taken.
12. Where two speak the third is a bone in the
throat. Ger,
Spear.
I. A sharp spear needs no polish. Natal.
Spears.
I. Spears are not made of bulrushes.
Speech.
1. A man may say too much even on the best of
subjects.
2. A man never speaks of himself without loss.
Montaigne.
3. A man of all tongue is dangerous in his city.
4. A soft speech has its poison. Syrus.

jOO Spebch.
5. As a vessel is known by the sound whether it
is cracked or not, so men are proved by their
speeches whether they be wise or foolish.
Demestkmes.
6. As the man so is his speech. Dan.
7. Hasty speeches commit men to foolish
courses. Wiggleswarth.
8. He who says what he likes hears what he
does not like. Sp,
9. Honeyed speech often conceals poison and
galL Dm.
10. If thou speakest what thou wilt, thou shalt
hear what thou wouldst not. Bias.
11. It is better to say nothing than not enough.
Latin.
12. It is good speaking that improves good si-
lence. Dutch.
13. It is more necessary to guard the mouth than
the chest. Ger.
14. It is one thing to speak much and another to
speak pertinently.
15. Many speak much that cannot speak well.
t6. Men speak to each other by words, animals
by signs. Russian,
17. Much speaking and lying are cousins. Ger.
18. No speech good but of God.
19. None speak false when there is none to hear,
BeaftU.
10. One may say too much even upon the best
subject.
31. One may think what he dare not speak.

22. Some that speak no ill o£ any, do no good to
any.
23. Spare to speak and spare to speed. Fr,
24. Speak little and to the purpose and you will
pass for somebody. For.
25. Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of
your good luck. Dan.
26. Speak little, speak truth, spend little, pay
cash. Ger.
2y. Speak little with others, much with thyself.
Ggr.
28. Speak me fair and think what you will.
29. Speak not against the sun; i.e., argue not
against what is ckar.
jo. Speak well even to bad men.
31. Speak well of the dead.
32. Speak well of thy friends, be silent as to thy
enemies. Ger.
33. Speak well of your friend, of your enemy
neither well nor ill. Ital.
34. Speak what you will, men will turn it ill.
35. Speak when you are spoken to, come when
you are called.
36. Speaking evil of one another is the fifth ele-
ment men are made up of.
37. Speaking without thinking is shooting without
taking aim.
38. Speech is the gift of all, but thought of few.
Call/.
39. Speech is the picture of the mind.

902 Spkxchks. — Spending, Spendthrifts.
40. Speech was given to man to conceal his
thoughts. {Dialogue XIV, Le Chapon et la Paularde^
Voltaire^ Talleyrand.
41. The manner of speaking is as important as
the matter. Chesterfield.
42. Though the speaker be a fool, let the hearer
be wise. Sp.
43. Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice
as much as you speak. T\trk.
44. When a' men speak, nae man hears.
45. When a man is not known when he speaks
he is not believed. Ital.
46. Who says little has little to answer for. Ger.
47. Who says what he likes shall hear what he
does not like.
48. Who speaks sows, who listens reaps. Fr.
49. Who speaks two languages is a double man.
Ger.
Speeches.
I. Suspect the meaning and regard not speeches.
Socraies.
Spending, Spendthrifts.
1. To a good spender God is treasurer.
2. He that spends more than he is worth, spins
a rope for his own neck. -Fr.
3. He that spends without regard shall want
without pity.
4. Spend and be free, but make no waste.
5. Spend and God will send.
6. Spending money with many a guest
Empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest. Sp.

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7. Spend not when you may save, spare not
when you must spend,
8. Spend one penny less than the clear gain. Fr.
9. Spendthrifts are always of necessity greedy
and covetous.
10. Through not spending enough we spend too
much, Sp.
u. To spend much and gain little is the sure
road to ruin, Ger.
12. Who more than he is worth doth spend,
E'er makes a rope his life to end.
13. Who spends before he thrives
Will beg before he dies.
^m I. If you beat spice it will smell the sweeter.
^H 3. She that has spice enough may season as she
^H likes.
I
I
^H catchi
^H harmc
^H than

a small bags.

/ia/.

likes.
3. The best spices are ii
Spider.
. The spider lost her distaif, and ever since is
forced to draw her thread through her tail.
2. The spider's web lets the rat escape and
catches the fly. Sp.
Spiders.
I. Spiders might make silk if they could live In
harmony with each other.
Spinning.
. It is better to spin all night with Penelope
than sing all night with Helen.
, She that gazes much spins not much.


304

Spirit.— Spit. — Spiti. — Spoil.

3. Spinner, spin softly, you disturb me, I am
praying. /Vr.
4. Spin not too fine a thread lest it break in
weaving up.
5. That which will not be spun let it not come
between the spindle and the distaff.
6. You must spoil before you spin.
Spifit*
1. The spirit b willing but the flesh is weak.
2. The virtue of the divine spirit illuminates
everything. Chinese^
Spit.
1. He who spits above himself will have it all
in his face. S^.
2. Spit in your hand and take better hold.
3. Spit not against Heaven, 'twill fall back in thy
face.
4. Spit not in the well, you may have to drink
its water.
5. When one spits against the moon it falls back
in his face. Bengai.
6. Who spits against Heaven it falls on his head.
Fr.
7. Who spits against the wind it fouls his beard.
Dutch.
Spite.
I. There is no spite like that of a proud beggar.
SpoiL
X. To spoil what is good by unreasonableness is
like letting off fireworks in the rain. Chinese.

Spoils— Sport— Sfot.— Stain.— Stairs.— Stake. jqS
Spoils.
I. To the victors belong the spoils.
Controverted Political Maxim.
Sport.
1. It is poor sport that is not worth the candle.
Herbert.
2. Said in sport, iheant in earnest. Ger.
3. Sport is sweetest when no spectators.
4. The best of the sport is to do the deed and
say nothing.
5. The strong man's sport is the weak man's
death. Ger.
Spot.
X. A spot is most seen on the finest cloth.
2. Are there not spots on the sun ? Fr.
3. In an ermine spots are soon discovered.
4. Point not at others' spots with a foul finger.
5. Skill or fortune will efface the spots. Dan.
6. The brightest of all things, the sun, has its
spots.
7. The fairer the paper the fouler the blot
Stain.
I. A white cloth and a stain never agree.
Yoruba.
Stairs.
X. The pain of having to ascend the stairs of
other men. Dante.
Stake.
1. An ill stake standeth longest.
2. It is a bad stake that will not stand in the
hedge one year.
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Standing. — Star.— Starlings.— Starve.

Standing.
I. He that stands may fall. Jtal.
3. He that stands upon a slippery place,
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.
Shqks,
3. He who stands high is seen from afar. Dan.
4. He who stands near a wood-cutter is likely
to be hit by a splinter. Dan.
5. Who moves picks up, who stands dries up.
Ital.
Star.
1. If the stars were loaves, many persons would
sleep out of doors. Wolqfs {Africa).*
2. He that looks for a star puts out his candle.
3. No one sees what is before his feet ; we all
gaze at the stars. Cicero.
4. One may point at a star but not pull at it.
5. Some persons take more trouble looking for
pins than they would for stars. Punch.
6. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
Starlings.
I. Starlings are lean because they go in flockis.
Starve.
1. Starve together, eat together.
2. The replenished understand not the pain of
the starving. Turk.
State. (Maxims Political.)
I. Every state will be delivered from its calami-
ties when by the favor of fortune, great power unites
with wisdom and justice in one person. Plato.

Stati. (Maxims Political.} iqt
2. Fleets and annies are not always the strongest
bulwarks, the best resources of the sovereign are in
his family. Titus.
3. Flight toward preferment will be but slow
without some golden leathers.
4. Free man, Iree goods. (So free ships, free
goods, American.) Ger.
S- He that depends on popular will, swims with
fins of lead and hews down oaks with rushes. Shaks,
6. He that does anything for the public is ac-
counted to do it for nobody.
7. In the affairs of state the prince alone ought
to decide, the empress alone should concern herself
with domestic affairs. Chinese.
8. In the East a conqueror is always succeeded
by a coward, and the founder of an empire by a
fool.
9. In the old republic, money was despised and
virtue was the energy of the state. Tacitus.
10. Liberty with laws and government without
oppression.
11. Party is organized opinion. Bea.
12. Places are gods, placemen are the devil. Ger.
13. Powerand fortune must concurwith prudence
and virtue to effect anything great in a political
capacity. Plalo.
14. Private persons are (o be advised to take
care of themselves, but persons in a public charac-
terto take care of others. Pehpidas.
15. States of native liberty possess't,
The very poor may be very blest. Goldsmith.

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Stati. |MJ^xlu$ Political.)

i6. The best and securest of all keys is the
friendship of the people. {Remark of Antigonus
when advised to siese upon Athens as the key of aU
Gneee:)
17. The common people believe without proof and
they S4X>n find the author of that that never hap-
pened. Tacitus.
18. The common people pardon no faults in any
man.
19. The complaisance which produces popularity
is the source of the greatest operations of govern-
ment. Plato.
20. The extinction of party is the origin olfaction.
Walpok.
21. The fate of a nation will ultimately depend
upon the strength and health of the population. Bea,
22. The tickle populace always change with the
prince. Claudianus.
23. The first man who ruined the Roman people
was he who first gave them treats and gratuities.
Plutarch.
24. The foundation of every state is its education
of its youth. Diogenes.
25. The higher our position the more modestly
should we behave. Cicero.
26. The most successful legislators are those who
have consulted the genius of the people. Bea.
27. The noblest motive is the public good. Virgil.
28. The only security for civil rights is political
power. tHU.
29. The people follow the example of those above
ihem. Chinese.

State. (Maxims Pouticau) ioq
30. The people's voice, God's voice.
Fr., Ital., Ger., Sp.
31. The people will worship a calf if it be a
golden one,
32. The principle , of Dutch finance is to
mortgage industry to protect property. Bea.
33. The public has more interest in the punish-
ment of an injury than he who receives it.
Caio the Elder.
34. The public man needs but one patron, vix.,
the lucky moment. Bubver.
35. The stale that strives for liberty though
foiled,
Deserves at least applause for her attempt.
Cowper.
36. The unbought loyalty of men is the cheap
defence of nations. Burke.
37. The utility of my country is the spring that
guides all my actions. Cato the Younger.
38. There can be no affinity nearer than our
country, Flato.
39. 'Tis easier to drag a rock from the bottom of
the sea than the sentiments of right from the hearts
of the people. Daniel Webster.
40. We may endeavor to persuade our fellow
citizens but it is not lawful to force them even to
that that is best for them. Plato.
41. What constitutes a state f
• • • • jjgn ,^1jo their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing dare
mainiain, Sir W.Jones.

3IO Statue.— Staying.— Stealing.
42. When crows are the guides of a people they
lead the carcasses to the dogs. Egyptian.
43. When vice prevails and impious men bear
sway,
The post of honor is a private station.
Addison.
44. Where the love of the people is assured the
seditious are thwarted. Bias.
45. What belongs to the public belongs to no-
body.
46. Who knows not how to dissemble knows not
how to reign. ItaL
47. Who serves the public serves no one.
Jtal., Dutch.
48. Will he who cannot manage his own house-
hold affairs attend to the management of a country ?
Tamii.
Statue.
1. I had rather it would be asked why I had not
a statue than why I had. Cato^
Staying.
X. He that stays in the valley will never get over
the hill.
2. Stay awhile and lose a. mile.
Stealing.
1. " Convey," the wise call it ; steal I foh, a fico
for the phrase ! Shaks.
2. He steals money from the beggar's dish. TUrfc.
3. He that steals can hide.
4. He that will steal a pin will steal a better
thing.

Steeu — Steer. — Step. ^ j j
5. He that will steal a pin will steal an ox.
6. He who steals once is never trusty. Sp.
7. If I am seen I am joking, if I am not seen I
steal. Ger.
8. It is a greater offence to steal dead men's
labors than their clothes. Synesius,
9. It is a shame to steal but a worse to carry
home.
10. It is not enough to know how to steal, one
must know how to conceal. Ital.
11. It is wit to pick a lock and steal a horse,
but wisdom to let it alone.
12. Steal the horse and carry home the bridle.
13. Who steals a calf steals a cow. Ger,
14. Who steals an ^gg will soon steal an ox. Ger.
15. Who steals an old man's supper does him no
harm.
16. Who steals another's good name makes him
poor indeed and not enriches himself. Ger.
17. Why should a rich man steal ?
18. You are a fool to steal if you can't conceal.
Steel.
I. Steel whets steel.
Steer.
I. Steer not after every mariner's direction.
Step.
1. Step after step the ladder is ascended.
2. Step not on the sleeping serpent. Turk.
3. The first step binds one to the second. Fr.
4. The first step is all the difficulty. Fr,

3IO

Statue.— -Staying.— Stealing.

42. When crows are the guides oi a people they
lead the carcasses to the dogs. Egyptian.
43. When vice prevails and impious men bear
sway,
The post of honor is a private station.
Addison.
44. Where the love of the people is assured the
seditious are thwarted. Bias.
45. What belongs to the public belongs to no-
body.
46. Who knows not how to dissemble knows not
how to reign. Ital.
47. Who serves the public serves no one.
Ital., Dutch.
48. Will he who cannot manage his own house-
hold affairs attend to the management of a country ?
Tamii.
Statue.
I. I had rather it would be asked why I had not
a statue than why I had. Cato..
Staying.
I. He that stays in the valley will never get over
the hill.
3. Stay awhile and lose a^ mile.
Stealing.
1. " Convey," the wise call it ; steal I foh, a fico
for the phrase ! Shaks.
2. He steals money from the beggar's dish. 2\$rk.
3. He that steals can hide.
4. He that will steal a pin will steal a better
thing.

Steel. — Steer. — Step.

3"

5. He that will steal a pin will steal an ox.
6. He who steals once is never trusty. Sp,
7. If I am seen I am joking, if I am not seen I
steal. Ger.
8. It is a greater offence to steal dead men's
labors than their clothes. Synesius,
9. It is a shame to steal but a worse to carry
home.
10. It is not enough to know how to steal, one
must know how to conceal. ItaL
11. It is wit to pick a lock and steal a horse,
but wisdom to let it alone.
12. Steal the horse and carry home the bridle.
13. Who steals a calf steals a cow. Ger.
14. Who steals an ^gg will soon steal an ox. Ger.
15. Who steals an old man's supper does him no
harm.
16. Who steals another's good name makes him
poor indeed and not enriches himself. Ger,
17. Why should a rich man steal ?
18. You are a fool to steal if you can't conceal.
Steel.
I. Steel whets steel.
Steer.
I. Steer not after every mariner's direction.
Step.
1. Step after step the ladder is ascended.
2. Step not on the sleeping serpent. Turk.
3. The first step binds one to the second. Fr.
4. The first step is all the difficulty. Fr.

312 Step-father.— STEP-MarHER.— Stew.— Stick.
5. The hardest step is over the threshold. JtaL
6. There is but one step from the sublime to the
ridiculous. Napoleon.
Step-father.
I. He who will not obey father will have to obey
step-father. Dan.
Step-mother.
1. A step-mother has a hard hand. J)an.
2. There are as many good step-mothers as
white ravens. Ger,
3. What the bear is in the woods the step-mother
is at home. Ger.
Stew.
1. The stew that boils much loseth its flavor.
Sp.
Stick.
X. A bamboo stick is king of a vicious snake.
Tamil.
2. A stick is a peace-maker. Fr.
3. A straight stick is crooked in the water.
4. I gave him a stick to break my own head
with.
5. It is the raised stick makes the dc^ obey.
Dan.
6. There's no argument like that of the stick.
Sp.
7. To bring down two apples with one stick.
Dutch.
Stimulants.
I. The two greatest stimulants in the world are
love and debt* Bea,

Stingy.— Stir Not.— Stitch.— Stocks.— Stolen. 313
Stingy.
I. A stingy man is always poor. Fr.
Stir Not.
1. Stir not the dying embers.
2. Stir not the fire with a sword ; 1.^., do not
irritate an angry person. Latin.
Stitch.
I* A stitch in time saves nine.
Stocks.
1. My son, buy no stocks.
2. Both legs in the stocks or only one, 'tis all the
same. Ger.
Stolen.
1. Stolen bread stirs the appetite. Fr.
2. Stolen fruit is sweetest.
3. Stolen wool does not warm long. Ger.
4. Sweet is the apple when the keeper is away.
Latin,
5. There is no choicer morsel than that which is
stolen. Sp.
Stomach.
I. A full stomach praises Lent. Dan,
3. A full stomach studies unwillingly. Get.
3. A sharp stomach makes a short devotion.
4. It is a difficult task to speak to the stomach
because it hath no ears. Caio,
$, It is the stomach that bears the feet.
J?on Quixote.
6. No stomach is a span bigger than another.
Don Quixote,

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Stone.

7. Sharp stomachs make short fkyntjpn.
8. Small stomachs, light heels.
9. The stomach is a bad counsellor. Ger.
10. The stomach is a shopkeeper that gives no
credit. Ger.
11. The stomach is easier filled than the eye. Ger.
12. The stomach is master of all arts. Ger,
13. The stomach makes the thief and murderer.
Ger.
14. The stomach rules the head. Ger,
15. The stomach sharpens the senses and makes
the head witty. Ger^
16. Whea the stomach is full the heart is glad.
Dutch.
Stone.
1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Fr., Ital., Ger^ Sp., Por.^ Dutch.
2. A rolling stone gathers no sea-weed. {Rrfer-
ring to a stone on the sea-shore^ Latin.
3. A rugged stone grows smooth from hand to
hand.
4. Beware of the stone thou stumblest at before.
5. Get what you can and what you get hold,
'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into
gold. {Philosopher's stone,)
6. He is not a good mason that refuses any
stone. Jtai.
7. No man can stay a stone.
8. Rolling stones gather no moss. Dctn.
9. The stone sharpens knives but is dull itself.
Petrarch.

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STO0I.S.— Stooping.— Stop. i|c ^|

10.

The stone that everybody spits upon will be ^|

wet at l2Sl. Dan. B

IT.

The stone that lieth not in your way need not H

ofTend you. |

12.

Throw no stones at thine own window. ■

13-

To kill two birds with one stone. Par., Dutch. H

U-

When 3 stone leaves the hand it belongs to ■

the devil. |

IS-

Who throws a stone above himself may have H

it fall

on his own head. BibU. ■

i6.

Who throws a stone at the sky may have it H

fall on his head. Ifai. ■


StooirJ > ■

I.

Between two stools fall to the bottom. H

s.

Put a stool in the sun, when one knave rises H

another will come, vis., Ui places, of profit, H


Stooping. ■

1.

He must stoop that hath a low door. H

2.

He that will not stoop for a pin will never be H

wortl

a point. H

3-

I will never stoop low and pick up nothing. H

4-

Stoop and let it pass; the storm will have its H

way.

■


Stop. ■

1,

One can stop when he ascends but not when H

he descends. Napoleon. |

I.

The best lime to stop is in the beginning. ■


Usley. ■

3-

To stop the hand is the way to stop the H

mouth. CAhat. ^^^H

3i6

Stopping.— Stori.— Storm.— Story.— Strangb.

Stopping.
I. When lazy horses begin to start, old women
to dance, and white clouds to rain, there is no stop-
ping them. Dan.
Store.
I. Store is no sore.
Stomi.
1. A calm precedes a storm.
2. It is a storm in a glass of water. Ger,
3. The more violent the storm the sooner it is
over. Seneca.
Story.
1. One man's story is no story, hear both sides.
Ger.
2. There is much good sleep in an old story.
Ger.
Strange.
I. Strange if true.
Stranger.
I. If thou be a stranger be merry and give the
first good-morrow.
Straws.
I. Straws show which way the wind blows.
Strength.
I. It is excellent to have a giant's strength.
But it is tyrannous to use it like a giant Shakt.
Stretch.
1. Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve
will reach.
2. Stretch your legs according to your coverlet
Ger,, Dutch.

^H St BiKt NO.— Striving.— Stko NO.— Stkongest. 317

H striking.

^H I. He that strikes my dog would strike me if he

^B durst.

H 2. He thai strikes with his tongue must ward

H with his head.

^M 3. He that strikes with his sword shall be beaten

H with the stabbard.

H 4. He who strikes another does not strike far

H from the head. Dan.

■ 5. StTikehuthear. J'/utarcA'iLi/eo/TAemis/ar/es.

^^ 6. Strike — for your altars and your fires,

^H Strike — for the green graves of your sires,

^H God — and your native land !

^K J^itz- Greene Salkck.

^^V 7. Strike, Dawkins, the devil is in the hemp.

^V 8. Strike while the iron is hot. John Webster,

^1 9. Strike while the iron's hot.

^H Fr., ItaL, Ger., For., DuUh, Dan.

^H Striving.

^B I. He that will not strive in this world should

^V not have come into it. /tai.

^H 3. He who strives to do, does more than he who

^H has the power. Sp.

^H 3. No striving against the stream.

^H 4. Strive not against the stream.

^1 5. Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

■ .s:^^^.

H Strooe-

^^ t. He must be strong to pull a rope against a

^1 stronger. Dan. ^^

^1 ^^^1

^1 I. The strongest is always in the right. ^^^H

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Stubborn.— Studying. — Stumblb.

Stnbbofn.
I. I stubborn and you stubborn who is to cany
the load. ^.
Stndyiiifi:.
I. Some men grow mad by studying much to
knowy
But who grows mad by studying good to
know? Franklin,
s. Study makes learned men but not always
pious and wise. Ger.
3. The study of vain things is laborious idleness.
Stumble.
1. A stumble may prevent a fall.
2. Better stumble once than be always tottering.
Fr.
3. Even a horse though he has four feet stum-
bles. Ital., Ger.^ Dutch.
4. He that stumbles and falls not mends his
pace. Fr.^ Sp.
5. He who stumbles twice over the same stone
deserves to break his neck. Sp.
6. I never desired you to stumble at the stone
that lieth at my door.
7. It is disgraceful to stumble thrice at the same
stone. Greek.
8. No wonder if he break his head who stum-
bles twice over the same stone. Ger.
9. To stumble at a straw and leap over a block.
10. Well may he stumble that chooses a stony way.
XX. When one foot stumbles the other b near
falling. Dan.

.—Success. jiq
j2. Who is not quick on his feet will stumble,
13. Wisely and slow : they stumble thai run fast.
Shaks.
Stupidity.
1. Against stupidity the gods themselves fight
unvictorious. Greek, Schiller.
2. With a staircase before you, you look for a
rope to go down by. Sp.
Success.
I. A successful man loses no reputation.
a. But try the Casar or the Catiline
By the true touchstone, success. Byron.
, Deserve success, and you shall command it.
I 4. He who succeeds is reputed wise. Hal.
. It is a bad action success cannot justify.
6. It is success that colors all in life ; success
makes fools admired, makes villains honest.
Thomson.
7. Military successes beyond all others elevate
the mind of a nation. Atterbury.
8. No hand of strife is pure but that which wins.
Daniel,
9. Nothing succeeds like success. Maga. '
10. One secret of success is to know how to deny
yourself and other people.
11. Success alters our manners.
12. Success brings many to ruin. PhiEiirus.
13. Successconsecrates the foulest crimes. Seneca.
14. Success has many friends. Greek.
15. Success is by acting, not wishing.
16. Success is never blamed.

320 SUCCOK.-*SUPPERER, SUFFERING.
17. Success is the child of audacity. Bea.
18. Success leads to insolence. Latin.
19. Success makes a fool seem wise.
20. Success repays us for all our pains.
SI. The merit of success is claimed by all ; ca-
lamity is imputed to the general only. Tadtus.
22. The secret of success is constancy to pur-
pose. Bea.
23. 'Tis Heaven that gives success. Homer.
24. Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronious; we'll de-
serve it. Addison.
Snccor.
I. Wise Plato said the world was stored,
That succor each to other might afiEord.
Denham.
Sufferer, Snffering.
1. Another's suffering is but skin deep. M. Greek.
2. Better to suffer than to do ill.
3. He that will not suffer evil must never think
of preferment
4. He who much has suffered much will know.
Jiotner.
5. He who suffers innocently is in better condi-
tion than they who unjustly condemn. Agis.
6. I would rather be found suffering than doing
what is unjust Phocion.
7. It is the lot of man to suffer. Bea.
8. Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong. Longfellow.

Suicide. — Sultan. — Summer.

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9. Many a one suffers for what he cannot help.
Fr.
10. Of suffering comes ease.
11. Suffer in order to know; toil in order to
have. Sp.
12. Suffering is the mother of fools, reason of
wise men.
13. Sufferings are lessons. Greek.
14. The sufferer becomes a chatterer. Turk.
15. We must suffer much or die young. For.
16. When another man suffers a piece of wood
suffers. Arabian.
17. Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks
must mourn,
And he alone is blessed who ne'er was bom.
Frior.
18. Whom can we accuse but ourselves for what
we suffer. Massitiger.
Suicide.
1. He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.
Syrus.
2. Tis more brave to live than to die.
Snltan.
I. The sultan's interdict lasts three days. IS$rk.
Sommer.
1. A dry summer ne'er made a dear peck.
2. A good winter brings a good summer.
3. It will not always be summer. Hesiod.
4. Summer will not last forever. Latin.
5. When the summer is winter, and the winter
summer, it is a sorry year. Sp.
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Sun.

Sua.
X. As long as the sun shines one does not ask
for the moon. Russian.
2. Clouds, that the sun builds up, darken hkn.
3. However bright the sun may shine, leave not
your cloak at home. Sp.
4. If the sun shines on me I care not for the
moon. Ital., Sp,
5. In every country the sun riseth in the morning.
6. Make hay while the sun shines. Ger.
7. Make use of the sun while it shines. Dan.
8. Men shut the door against the setting sun.
Shaks.
9. Men use to worship the rising sun.
xo. Men worship the rising not the setting sun.
Pomp^.
11. The sun can be seen by nothing but its own
light.
12. The sun is not the light for study.
13. The sun is still beautiful though ready to
set.
14. The sun is the king of torches.
Western African Negro.
15. The sun may do its duty though your grapes
are not ripe.
16. The sun passes over filth and is not defiled.
Itah
17. The sun shines even on the wicked. Seneca.
18. The sun shines for all the world. Fr.
19. The sun will bring to light what lay under
the snow. Ger,

Sun-dial. — Sunshine. — Supererogation.

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20. The sun will go down all by itself without
thy assistance. Hebrew.
21. They that walk much in the sun will be tanned
at last.
22. 'Tis day still while the sun shines.
23. When the sun flies, the shadow dies. Oriental,
24. When the sun is highest he casts the least
shadow.
25. When the sun rises the disease will abate.
26. When the sun shines on thee, thou needest
not care for the moon. ItaL
Sun-dial.
1. The sun-dial only counts bright hours.
2. What's the use of a sun-dial in the shade ?
Sunshine.
I. No sunshine but hath some shadow.
Supererogation.
1. He has dashed with his oar to hasten the
cataract.
2. He has waved with his fan to give speed to
the winds. Terence,
3. It is needless to pour water on a drowned
mouse.
4. Owls to Athens, coals to Newcastle, en-
chantments to Egypt, pepper to Hindostan, indul-
gences to Rome.
5. To add water to the ocean. Latin.
6. To carry a lantern in mid-day. Fr.
7. To carry water to the sea or river.
/^r., Ger.^ Por.^ Dutch.

324

SUPS&STITIONS. — SURK.— SU&BTYSUIP. — SURFKITS.

8. You carry faggots to the wood. Horace.
9* You carry oil to the city of olives. Hebrew*
Snperstitions.
X. Superstitions would soon die out if so many
old women wouldn't act as nurses to keep them alive.
Punch.
Snre*
1. It is better to be sure than sorry.
2. No one so sure but he may miss. Dutch.
Snretythip.
1. Be bail and pay for it.
2. Be surety and evil is at hand. Greek.
3. Beware of suretyship for thy best friends.
Lord Burleigh.
4. Connaught security : three in a bond and a
book oath.
5. He that hateth suretyship is sure. ^ Bible.
6. He that is surety for another is never sure
himself.
7. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart
for it. Bible.
8. He who is surety for another pays for him.
Dutch.
9. Whoso would know what he is worth, let him
never be a surety. Ttal.
10. Your surety wants a surety.
Surfeits.
I. Surfeits destroy more than the sword.
John Fletcher.

^

Surgeon.— SukPHisE,-

-Suspicion, Suspicio

-n

H

Sui^eon.

1

^M

A good surgeon m

List have an eagle'

eye, a I

H

heart, and a lady's

hand.


1

Call not a surgeon

Defore you are wounded. J

1

He mistakes the k

ife of the surgeon

for the ■

■ blade of the assassin.


J

^m

Tender surgeons make foul wounds.

T/iti. ■

H

The best surgeon

s he of the soul.

I

H

The best surgeon is he that has been

hacked ■

■ himself.


1


Surprise.

1

^M

A man surprised is

half beaten.

1

^M

All men have thei

surprises, either good or |

■ bad,

n store for them.



■

Suapicion,

Suspicions.


^1

A man suspected is

half condemned.


^1

A slight suspicion may destroy a good

repute.

^1



Dan.

I

An innocent heart

suspects no guile.

For.

H

As good steal the

horse as look over [he |

■



m

H

At the gate where

suspicion enters love goes |

^H



■

1

Be ever vigilant but never suspicious.

1

1

He is so suspicious that he cannot be

got at ■

^H without a stalking-horse.


■

H

He that is in fauh

s in suspicion.

Ital. H

1

He who suspects is

seldom at fault.

Hal ■

^M

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind, |

^1

The thief doth fear

each bush an officer. ■

^

M


Shakt. ■

3 26 Swallow.— Swan. — Sweat. —Sweep.— Sw^bt.
11. Suspicion is the bane of friendship. Petrarch.
12. Suspicion is the poison of friendship. Fr.
13. Suspicion is the virtue of a cowanL
14. Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it is
a great one.
15. Suspicions among thoughts are like bats
among birds that ever fly by twilight. Bcuon.
16. The losing side is full of suspicion. Syrus.
Swallow.
1. One swallow does not make a summer.
ItaL, Sp., DuUh, Dan.
2. One swallow makes not a spring, nor a wood-
cock a winter.

1. It is not good for the swan to teach eaglets
to sing. Dan.
2. The swan sings when death comes.
3. When the rooks are silent the swans begin
to sing. Dan.
Sweat.
1. Sweat makes good mortar.
2. The sweat of Adam's brow hath streamed
down ours ever since.
Sweep.
I. Sweep before your own door before you look
at your neighbor's.

1. After sweet meat comes sour sauce.
2. All sweets are not wholesome.
3. Every white will have its black and every
sweet its sour. Old Sang.

Sweetheart. — Swift. — Swimming.

327

4. He deserves not sweet that will not taste of
sour.
5. He is worthy of sweet who has tasted bitter.
Dan.
6. He who has not tasted bitter knows not what
sweet is. Ger,
7. He who hath bitter in his breast spits not
sweet.
8. No sweet without some bitter.
9. Short and sweet.
10. Sweetmeat must have sour sauce. liaL
11. Sweets to the sweet. Shaks,
12. That is not always sweet in the maw that is
sweet in the mouth.
13. That which is bitter to endure may be sweet
to remember.
14. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
Gay.
15. There is no sweet without sour. Ger.
16. What is sweet in the mouth is not always
good in the stomach. Dan.
17. Who has tasted a sour apple will have the
more relish for a sweet one. Ger.
18. Who hath bitter in his mouth spits not all
sweet.
Sweetheart.
I. Nobody's sweetheart is ugly. Duich.
Swift.
I. Swift to attack, swift to run away.
Swimming.
I. Swim with the stream.

328

SwiNDUNG. — Swiss. — SwoRi>.

s. There yet may be peril, but no man is able
To learn how to swim on his library table.
3. Tis hard to swim against the stream.
4. To swim and swim more and be drowned on
shore. Sp.
5. To swim between two waters. JFr.
Swindling.
I. Swindling is the perfection of civilization.
Voltaire.
Swiss.
I. No money no Swiss.
s. The Swiss fight for any god or man.
Sword.
1. A captain's sword must be tied to his heart,
his heart fixed to his head and conducted by his
judgment Spmola.
2. A leaden sword in an ivory scabbard.
3. A good swordsman is never quarrelsome. Fr.
4. A sword anointed with honey. Latin.
5. An inch in a sword or a palm in a lance is a
great advantage. Sp,
6. He that is master of a sword can best plead
about boundaries. Lysander.
7. He who has his sword is master of himself,
!>., can take his awn life, Cato the Younger,
8. He who has the longest sword is always
thought to be in the right.
9. He who plays with a sword plays with the.
devil. Gallician.
10. Keep your sword between you and the strength
of a clown.

SVLLABLES.— .SYMPA

3^9

II, Leave not a. sword in the hand of an idiot.
I J. Ne'er put a sword in a woodman's hand.
15, One swoid keeps another in the scabbard.
Ger., Dan.
14. Put not a naked sword in a madman's hands.
15. Scan den berg's sword musthave Scandenberg's
arm.
16. The palate kills more than the sword.
17. The rusty sword and empty purse plead the
perfonnance of covenants.
iS. The sword and the ring according to the hand
that bears them. Sp., For.
19. The sword from heaven above falls not down
10. The sword is not to be used against him who
asks forgiveness. Turk.
21. The sword keeps the peace of the land. Dan.
22. The sword knows no friends. Ger.
13. Those who refuse the sword must renounce
the sceptre. Gibbon.
34. When the sword is in the mouth you must
caress the sheath. Dan.
Syllables.
I. Syllables govern the world. Seldai.
Sympathy.
1. No man limps because another is hurt. Dan. ,
2. One does not feel three hundred blows on
another's back. Scmian.
3. Other men's ills hang by a hair, Don Quixote.

330

System. — ^Tablb. — Tailors.

4. Sympathy is the solace of the poor, but for
the rich there is consolation. Bea.
System.
1. A certain place for everything and every-
thing put to its use. Hartley.
2. A distinct name for everything and every-
thing called by its name. Hartley,
3. A peg for every hole. J¥.
4* A place for everything and everything in its
place,
5. A proper time for everything and everything
done in its time. Hartley.
6. All is soon ready in an orderly house,