24. Better be mad with all the world than wise
alone. Fr.
25. Better be wise than rich. Sp.
26. Do not revile wise men. Hindoo.
27. Every one is wise after the event. Ger,^ Sp.
28. Every one is wise for his own profit. JPor.
29. Gold vessels still as gold we prize.
And wise men in adversity are wise. Tamil.
30. He commands enough that obeyeth a wise
man.
31. He is a wise man who speaks little.
32. He is not wise who is not wise for himself.
33. He is no wise man who will quit a certainty
for an uncertainty. Dr. Johnson.
34. He is so wise that he goes upon the ice three
days before it freezes. Dutch.
35. He is the wise man who is the honest man.
36. He is the wisest man who does not think him-
self so. Fr.
37. He is wise that hath wit enough for his own
affairs.
38. He is wise that is ware in time.
39. He is wise that when he is well can had him
sae.
40. He is wise that can mak' a freend o' a fae.
41. He is wise to no purpose who is not wise for
himself. Latin,
42. He is wise who learns at another's cost. Ital.
43. He is wise who suits himself to the occasion.
Latin.
Wise.
465
44. He is wise who talks but little. Latin.
45. He's wise that leads passion by the bridle.
46. He must be a wise man himself who is capa-
ble of distinguishing one. Diogenes,
47. He seemeth wise with whom all things thrive. -^
48. He would be wise who knew all things be-
forehand. Dutch.
49. He's a wise man that wears poverty decently.- -^^
50. He's a wise man that leads passion by the
bridle.
51. He's a wise man who when he's well off can
keep so.
52. He's wise that knows when he's well enough.
53. He who conceits himself wise has an a.ss -^
near at hand. Sp.
. 54. How prone to doubt, how cautious are the
wise. Homer.
55. Is he wise who hopes to attain the end with- ^
out the means 1 Tiliotson,
56. It becomes no wise man to expose himself to
danger on account of the faults or follies of others.
Statilius.
57. It becomes a wise man to try negotiation be- .
fore arms. Terence.
58. It is better to be lucky than wise.
59. It is not always good to be wise. Ger,
60. More nice than wise.
61. Most things have two handles, and wise men ^''
take hold of the best.
62. No man so wise but may easily err, if he will
take no other counsel but his own. Benjonson.
30
466 Wise.
63. No man is the only wise man. Pla*
64. No man was ever wise by chance. Senct,
-^ 65. No man is born wise.
66. No one is so wise that he cannot become
"* wiser. Ger.
_^ 67. No one is wise at all times. Pliny the Elder,
68. No one is wise enough to advise himself. Ger,
69. No one is wise in his own affairs. Dutch,
— 70. Some are wise, and some are otherwise.
— 71. The wise distrust the unknown. La Fontaine,
72. The wise does not say all that he thinks, but
^ thinks all that he says. Ger,
73. The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.
74. The wise is only once betrayed. Ger,
75. The wise man does not hang his knowledge
on a hook. Sp,
76. The wise man does not trust his wife with a
secret. Ger,
jy. The wise man has long ears and a short
tongue. Ger,
78. The wise man knows an ignorant one be-
cause he has been ignorant himself, but the ignorant
cannot recognize the wise because he has never
been wise. Persian,
79. The wise man makes more opportunities than
he finds.
80. The wise man strikes twice against one and
the same stone. /Russian.
81. The wise man should be prepared for every-
thing that does not lie within his control. Pythagoras,
Wise.
467
82. The wise should possess their lives in hope.
Euripides.
83. The wise spare both time and words. Ger.
84. The wise take the middle way. Ger.
85. The wise weighs his words on the goldsmith's
scales. Ger,
86. The wise with hope support the pains of life.
Euripides,
87. The wisest are not always wise. Fr,
88. The wisest man cannot turn a good action
into ridicule. Euripides.
89. There is no condition but sits well on a wise
man.
90. There is no one so wise he does not slip,
sometimes. Ger,
91. Tis not knowing much, but what is useful
that makes the wise man.
92. To the wise a word may suffice.
93. We cannot all be wise.
94. When a wise man errs, he errs with a ven-
geance.
95. When wise men fall out then rogues come by
what is not their own. Punch,
96. When wise men play the fool they do it with
a vengeance. ItaL
97. Who is wise is more than rich. Ger.
98. Whoever is not too wise is wise. Martial,
99. Wise men always practise moderation in pas-
sion. Euripides.
100. Wise men are caught in wiles.
^68 Wishing.
loi. Wise men are instructed by reason^ men of
less understanding by reason, the most ignorant by
necessity, and beasts by nature. Cicero.
1 02. Wise men care not for what they cannot have.
103. Wise men in the world are like timber trees
in a hedge — here and there one.
104. Wise men, though all laws were abolished,
would lead the same lives. Aristophanes.
Wishing.
I. After the acting wishing is in vain. Fr.
— 2. Better do it than wish it done.
3. Better to have than to wish.
4. Good wishes do not always bring good fort-
une. Bea.
5. If wishes were true, farmers (shepherds) would
be kings. Fr.
6. I never fared worse than when I wished for
my supper.
7. Like our shadows.
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.'
Young,
8. Mere wishes are silly fishes.
9. One year of joy, another of comfort, and all
the rest of content. (A marriage wish^
10. Thy wish was father to the thought. Shaks,
11. Thou art as like to obtain thy wish as the
wolf is to eat the moon.
12. When the thing you wish cannot be had, ever
wish for that which may. Terence,
13. Who has no money must have no wishes. ItaL
14. Wish not for that you cannot obtain.
15. Wishes at least are the easy pleasures of the
poor. Douglas Jerrold,
16. Wishes never filled the bag. Fr. ''
17. Wishes were ever fools. Shaks,
18. Wishes won't wash dishes. — -
19. Wishing of all employments is the worst.
Young,
20. With wishing comes grieving. Ital.
Wit.
1. A dinner of wits is proverbially a palace of -
silence. Bea.
2. A wit's a feather and a child's a rod ;
An honest man is the noblest work of God. —
Fope.
3. After-wit is commonly dear bought.
4. All the wit in the world is useless to him who
has none. La Bruyhre,
5. An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of
clergy. Scotch.
6. An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of
school-wit. Ger,
7. An ounce of wit that's bought is worth a pound
that's taught.
8. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. —
9. Big head little wit. Fr,, Ger,
10. Bought wit is best but may cost too much.
11. Buffoonery and scurrility are the corruption
of wit, as knavery is of wisdom.
12. Even wit's a burden when it talks too long. -^
Dryden,
Wit.
13. Every ditch is full of after- wit. Itai.
14. Good wits jump.
15. Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
A thin partition does their bounds divide.
Dryden.
16. Great wits meet. Ff\
17. Half witted folk speak much and say little.
18. He has more wit in his head than Samson
had in both shoulders.
19. He hath more wit in his little finger than
there is in thy whole body.
20. He hath some wit but a great fool hath the
guidance of it.
21. He is at his wit's end.
22. His clothes are worth pounds but his wit is
dear at a groat.
23. His wit is as sharp as a wooden pestle. Tamil,
24. Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor
foe. Z' Estrange,
25. Little wit in the head makes much work for
the feet.
26. Love of wit makes no man rich.
27. Many that are wits in jest are fools in earnest.
28. Might and courage require wit in their suit.
Dan,
29. Much laughter little wit. For,
30. No fools so insufferable as those who ajffect to
be wits. GiUs^ Proverbs.
31. No house is big enough for two wits to live in
together.
Wit.
32. Nothing more smooth than glass, yet nothing
more brittle,
Nothing more fine than wit, yet nothing more
fickle.
33. Nuremburg wit and a skilful hand, ^
Will find their way through every land. Ger,
34. Quick wits are generally conceited.
35. Shallow wits censure everything that is beyond
their depth.
36. The less wit a man has the less he knows he
wants it.
37. The life of a wit is a warfare on earth.
Warton.
38. The wit one wants spoils what one has. Fr,
39. They who have most wit or money are most
sparing of either. Pope,
40. Tis an unhappy wit that stirs up enemies
against itself.
41. Tis wit to pick a lock and steal a horse, but
'tis wisdom to let it alone.
42. True wit is nature to advantage drest,
What oft was thought but ne'er as well ex-
pressed. Pope,
43. Use your wit as a buckler, not as a sword. ^
44. Want o' wit is war than want o' wealth.
45. Weak men had need be witty. -
46. Where there is no wit within no wit will come
out. Dan.
47. Wit and judgment often are at strife,
Though meant each other's aid, like man and
wife. Pope,
472
Wit.
48. Wit and wisdom are rarely seen together.
Richardson,
49. Wit bought is better than wit sought.
. 50. Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
51. Wit ill applied is a dangerous weapon.
52. Wit in a poor man's head and moss on the
mountain avail nothing.
53. Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keep-
ing of it.
54. Wit is the epidemical madness of the French.
Rousseau,
55. Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beg-
garly thing on the face of the earth. ^ ( Murphy,
56. Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Hazlitt,
57. Wit may be bought too dear,
58. Wit may work what wishes want.
59. Wit once taught is worth twice bought.
60. Wit that can creep and pride that licks the
dust. Pope,
61. Wit which borders on profaneness deserves to
be branded with folly. Tillotson,
62. Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand
of a fool.
63. Wit without wisdom cuts other men's meat and
its own fingers.
64. Witticisms spare no one.
65. You have not wit enough to drown ships in.
66. You were bom when wit was scant.
67. Your wits are gone a wool-gathering.
WiTCHw— Witness.— Witnesses.— Woe. — Wolf.
473
Witch.
I. They that burn you for a witch will lose their
coals.
Witness.
1. False folk should have many witnesses. Scotch,
2. If it only depend on swearing, the cow is ours.
Fr.
3. There is a witness everywhere.
4. You can leave your memory at home as com-
pletely as a bribed witness. Ouida,
Witnesses.
I. Witnesses like watches go just as they're set :
too fast or slow. Butler,
Woe.
1. Alas 1 by some degree of woe, we every bliss
must gain,
The heart can ne'er a transport know, that
never feels a pain. Lord Lyttleton.
2. By telling our woes we often assuage them.
Fr.
3. He scorned his own who felt another's woe. "'
Campbell,
4. No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal
woe. Scott,
5. Woe to him who is alone when he falleth.
6. Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
. 7. Woes cluster, rare are solitary woes.
They love a train, they tread each other's
heels. Young.
Wolf.
I. A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last
gasp. Dutch.
474
Wolf.
2. A wolf is a wolf though it hath torn no sheep.
Gcr.
3. A wolf never eats a lamb by messenger.
M. Greek.
4. A wolf without teeth is still a wolf. Gcr.
5. All the sheep are not for the wolf. Ital.
6. An old wolf is not scared by loud cries. Dan.
7. An old wolf is used to be shouted at Dutch.
-^ 8. Bad watch often feeds the wolf. Fr.
9. Better the wolf eat us than the fleas. Ger,
^ 10. Even counted sheep are eaten by the wolf.
Fr., Ital^ Ger.
11. Gie ne'er the wolf the wedder to keep.
12. He hath enough to keep the wolf from the
door.
13. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
14. If the wolf had stayed in the wood there
would have been no hue-and-cry after him. Ger.
15. Ill herds make fat wolves.
16. It is a small thing for which the wolf eats the
sheep.
17. It must be a hard winter when one wolf de-
vours another. Dan,
18. It needs but small provocation to make the
wolf devour the lamb. Dan,
19. It never troubles the wolf how many the
sheep be. Virgil.
20. One must howl with the wolves. Fr.
21. One wolf does not kill another. «^., For.
22. One would rather be bitten by wolves than
by sheep. Dan.
Wolf.
475
23. So you tell me there are wolves on the moun-
tains and foxes in the valley. Sp.
24. Sooner will the wolf take a sheep for a wife.
25. Talk of the wolf and behold his skin. For,
26. Talk of the wolf and his tail appears.
Fr,^ Dutch.
27. The wolf and fox are both privateers. —
28. The wolf and the fox are both in one story. .
Sp.
29. The wolf bemoans the sheep and then eats it.
Ital.
30. The wolf calls the fox robber. Ger.
31. The wolf changes his hair but not his nature.
32. The wolf changes his coat but not his disposi- '
tion.
33. The wolf dances round the well. {Longing
for the water he cannot reach^ Latin,
34. The wolf does not satisfy his hunger with
wolf's flesh. Ger,
35. The wolf does not weep over the death of the
dog. Ger,
36. The wolf does that in the course of the week,
which hinders him from going to mass on Sunday.
Sp.
37. The wolf eats of what is counted. Sp,^ For.
38. The wolf is always left out of the reckoning.
Ital.
39. The wolf is always said to be more terrible
than he is. ItaL
476
Wolf.
40. The wolf loses his teeth but not his inclina-
tion, Sp.^ Par.
41.* The wolf must pay with his skin. Ger.
42. The wolf never wants a pretence against the
lamb.
43. The wolf picks the ass's fleas by moonlight.
Sp.
44. The wolf preys not in his own field. {Com-
mits no mischief at home^ Sp,^ Dutch,
45. The wolf speaks no ill of himself. Ger,
46. The wolf's death is the life of the sheep. Ger,
47. The wolf will die in his skin. Fr.
48. There is never a cry of wolf, but the wolf is
in the district. ItcU,
49. Though the wolf loses his teeth he never loses
his inclination.
50. Though you teach the wolf UtitpcUer noster he
will say " lamb, lamb." Dan.
51. Twa wolves may worry ae sheep.
52. Very hard times in the wood when the wolves
eat each other, Fr,
53. Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat.
(Said to a person hunting a thing that another sees
near him^
54. What the she-wolf brings forth pleases the he-
wolf. Fr,y Sp.
55. When one wolf eats another there is nothing
to eat in the woods. •S^.
56. When the wolf grows old he becomes the
sport even of the pups. M, Greek.
57. When the wolf grows old the crows ride him.
WOBfAN.
477
58. When the wolf's ears appear his body is not
far ofiE. Dan,
59. When you see the wolf do not look for his
track. Ital,
60. Where the wolf gets one lamb he looks for
another. ItaL^ Sfs^ For,
61. Who does not wish to be like the wolf, let
him not wear its skin. Ital,
62. Who hath a wolf for his mate needs a dog
for his man.
63. Who himself is afraid of the wolf, cares not
for the sheep. Ger,
64. Wolves are often under sheep's clothing.
Dan,
65. Wolves do not eat wolves. Dan,
66. You must howl with the wolves when you are
among them. Dan,
67. "Your words are fair," said the wolf, " but I
will not come into the village." Ger,
Woman.
1. A bag of fleas is easier to keep watch over
than a woman. Ger,
2. A beautiful and chaste woman is the perfect
workmanship of God, the true glory of angels, the
rare miracle of earth, and sole wonder of the world.
Hermes,
3. A beautiful hand is a beautiful thing in wo-
man. £ea,
4. A beautiful woman if poor should use double
circumspection ; for her beauty will tempt others,
her poverty herself. Cotton,
478 Woman.
5. A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the^
purgatory of the purse and the paradise of the eyes.
Fontentttc
6. A beautiful woman smiling bespeaks a purse v/
weeping. Ital.
7. A black woman hath turpentine in her.
8. A busy woman is a fearful nuisance.
Men jonsoH,
9. A cat has nine lives and a woman has nine
cats' lives.
10. A clock serves to point out the hours and a
woman to make us forget them.
11. A cunning woman is a knavish fool.
Lard LyttUton,
12. A dishonest woman cannot be kept in and an
honest one will not. - -^
13. A dog is wiser than a woman ; he does not
bark at his master. Russian.
14. A fair woman and a slashed gown find always . /
some nail in the way.
15. A fair woman without virtue is like palled
wine.
16. A faithful subject dies withcM fear, and a
virtuous woman meets danger with delight Chinese.
17. A foolish woman is clamorous. Bible,
18. A foolish woman is known by her finery.
19. A French woman talks a great deal more than
she thinks, an English woman thinks a great deal
more than she talks.
20. A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks
Latin, and a child reared on wine, never come to a
good end. Fr.
A goose, a woman and a goat are bad things H ■
3"- A mill, a clock and a woman always want „
|
33- A mule?nd a wapian do what is expected of ■
^- St- I
34- A pretty woman is a welcome guest. Byrgn. B
35- A proud woman brings distress on her family. 1
36- A prudent woman is in the same class of honor
as a wise man.
37- Arthur could not tame a woman's tongue. ^^^^|
480 Woman.
38. A sack full of fleas is easier to watch than a
woman.
39. A shameless woman is the worst of men.
Young,
40. A ship, a mill and a woman are always re-
pairing.
(^^i. A silent woman is always more admired than
a noisy one. / '^ Latin.
42. A spaniel, a woman and a walnut tree,
The more they be beaten, the better they be. •
43. A thousand men may live together in har-
mony, whereas two women are unable to do so
though they be sisters. Tamil.
44. A truth telling woman has few friends. Dan,
45. A vicious woman is like a thorn in the foot,
^ you cannot get rid of either without pain. Sanscrit.
46. A virtuous woman commands her husband by
obeying him. Syrus.
47. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Bible.
48. A virtuous woman though ugly b the orna-
ment of the house.
49. A weeping man and a smiling woman are not
to be trusted. Tamil.
50. A wicked woman and an evil, is three half-
pence worse than the devil.
51. A wicked woman is a magazine of evils. Latin.
52. A woman and a cherry are painted for their
own harm. Ger.^ Sp.
53. A woman and a glass are always in danger.
Woman.
.481
54. A woman and a greyhound must be small in
the waist. Sp.
55. A woman and a hen are soon lost in gadding. '■
Sp.
56. A woman can love a poor boy better than a
rich dotard. Hebrew,
57. A woman can throw away more with a spoon
than a man can bring in with a shovel.
58. A woman changes oft,
Who trusts her is right soft. Francis I,
{He afterwards had good cause to alter his opinion^
59. A woman complains, a woman in woe,
A woman is sick when she likes to be so. Ital,
60. A woman conceals what she knows not.
61. A woman's counsel is no great thing, but he ^
who does not take it is a fool. Sp,
62. A woman either loves or hates, there is no
third part. Syrus,
63. A woman finds it much easier to do ill than
well. Plautus,
64. A woman for a general, and the soldiers will -^
be women. Latin,
C^^r^$. A woman forgives sin in her lover, but never
meanness.
66. A woman has never spoiled anything through
silence. Ger.
67. A woman has often committed herself by talk-
ing, never by holding her tongue. Punch,
68. A woman hates a question but loves to ask ««^
one. Punch.
3«
482
Woman.
69. A woman impudent and mannish grown.
Is not more loathed than an effeminate man
In time of action. SAaks.
70. A woman is always changeable and capri-
cious. Virgii.
71. A woman is known by her walking and drink-
ing. Sp.
72. A woman is naturally bom to fears. Shaks,
73. A woman is to be from her house three times,
when she is christened, married and buried.
74. A woman laughs when she can and weeps
when she pleases.
75. A woman may be ever so old, if she take fire
she will jump. Dan.
76. A woman never brings a man into the right
way. Kanuri.
77. A woman never commands a man, unless he
be a fool, but by her obedience. Turkish Spy.
78. A woman possessed of a decent and modest
spirit marries but once. Chinese.
79. A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking
on his hind legs : it is not done well but you are sur-
prised to find it done at all. Johnson.
80. A woman seldom asks advice before she has
bought her wedding clothes.
81. A woman seldom writes her mind but in her
postscript. Spectator.
82. A woman's first counsel is the best
83. A woman's greatest torment, dust; man's
greatest plague, a woman continually brushing the
same. Punch.
Wo««.. 483
84.
A woman's head is always influenced by her | heart, but a man
heart is always influenced by his head.
Lady Blessingion.
t-s-s'.
A woman smells sweetly when she smells of nothing at all.
86. A woman mind and winter wind change oft.
87. A woman strength is in her tongue. Welsh.
88. A woman sears, tear-drop melts, a man's half
89. A womans tears and a dog's limping are not
real.
A woman
s tears are a fountain of craft. Ital.
s tongue is her sword and she does -
91.
A woman
not let it rust.
Fr.
91.
A woman
s tongue is only three inches long, -
but it
can kill a
man six feet high. Japanese.
93-
A woman
3 tongue wags hke a lamb's tail.
94-
A woman
strong in flounces is weak in the
head.
Ger.
95.
A woman
s vengeance knows no bounds. Ger.
96.
A woman
s work and wasfiing of dishes is
never
at an end
97-
A woman
that loves to be at the window is a
bunch of grapes
on the highway.
98.
A woman
that paints puts up a bill, to let.
99.
A woman
the more curious she is about her
face is commonly the more careless about her house. |
BenJmsoK. ■
100.
A woman
when inflamed by love or hatred - 1
win dare everything. 1
484
Woman.
loi. A woman when thinking by herself is always
thinking of mischief.
1 02. A woman who accepts sells herself, a woman
who gives surrenders. Fr,
103. A woman who has lost her rival has no sor-
row. Woloffs {Afrua).
104. A woman who has sacrificed her virtue soon
resigns every other principle. Tacitus.
105. A woman who is never spoken of is praised
the most.
106. A woman who looks much in the glass spins
but little. jFr.
107. A woman who walks the streets ought to
know whether they be paved or no. Fielding.
108. A woman will forgive anything in a rival ex-
cepting her being prettier than herself. Punch.
109. A woman wins an old man by listening to
him, a young man by talking to him. Punch.
no. A woman without a husband, a house without
a foundation. Ger.
111. A woman without dower has no liberty to
speak. Euripides.
112. A woman without religion, a flower without
perfume. Ger,
1 13. A woman's first advice is the best. Ger.
114. A woman's hair is long but her sense short.
Russian.
115. A woman's lot is made for her by the love
she accepts. George Eliot.
116. A woman's mind is affected by the meanest
gifts. Livy.
Woman.
485
117. Abandon her who is careless of her own rep-
utation. Tamil,
1 18. Adam must have an Eve to blame for all his
faults. Ital.
119. All that a woman has to do in this world, is
contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister,
a wife, and a mother. Steele.
120. After all, woman's fort is her piano. Punch.
121. All women are good. Viz., good for something
or good for nothing.
122. All women are good Lutherans: they would
rather preach than hear mass. Dan.
123. An ill-tempered woman is the devil's door-
nail. Dan.
124. An ugly woman dreads the mirror. Japanese.-
125. As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout so is a
fair woman which is without discretion. Bible.
126. As great a pity to see a woman cry as a
goose go barefoot.
127. A woman's honor is her good name.
Don Quixote.
128. A woman's wisdom is under her heels.
Pashto.
129. Beat a woman with a hammer and you'll'
make gold. Russian.
130. " Because, " is a woman's answer. —
131. Better dwell with a dragon than with a wicked
woman.
132. Between a woman's "yes " and "no " there
is no room for the point of a needle. Sp.
486 Woman.
133. Beware of a bad woman and put not your
trust in a good one. Sp^ JPor,
134. But what is woman? only one of nature's
agreeable blunders. Airs, Cowley.
135. But yet believe me, good as well as ill
Woman's at last a contradiction still. I^ope.
136. Civil carriage is the best sign of affection to
a woman.
137. Disguise our bondage as we will,
'Tis woman, woman rules us stilL Tom Moore.
138. Divination seems heightened to its highest
power in woman. Alcott.
139. Earth's noblest thing : a woman perfected.
Lowell.
140. Earth's twin-bom rulers, fame and woman's
love. Bulwcr.
141. Everything in the world depends on women.
Beet.
142. Every woman is in the wrong until she cries,
and then she is in the right instantly. Punch.
143. Every woman loves the woman in the looking-
glass. Ger.
144. Every woman who is a shrew in domestic life
is now become a scold in politics. Addison,
145. Every woman would rather be handsome
than good. Ger.
146. Fairest of creatures, last and best.
147. Fair, good, rich and wise is a woman four
stories high. Fr.
148. For woman's soul when once plunged in,
Knows no stopping place in sin.
WOMAW. 487
149. Fortune and women are partial to fools. Ger.
150. From four things God preserve us : a painted
woman, a conceited valet, salt beef without mus-
tard and a little late dinner. Jtal.
151. Hares are caught with hounds, fools with ,
praise and women with gold. Ger.
152. He is a fool who thinks by force or skill
To turn the current of a woman's will. ""
153. He who listens to the advice of a woman is
a fool. Tamil.
154. He who listens to the words of a woman will
be accounted worthless.
155. He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will
never be free from plague. Fr.
156. I hale a dumpy woman. Byron.
157. I hate a learned woman. Euripides.
158. If a woman hold her tongue, it is only from
the fear she cannot hold her own. Pitnih.
159. If a woman were as little as she is good,
A peascod would make her a gown and a
hood.
160. If the heart of a man is depressed with cares,
The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
Gay.
161. If you want to know a woman's true char-
acter linger after the guests are gone and listen to
what she has to say about them. Puneh.
162. In arguments with men a woman ever,
Goes by the worse whatever be her cause.
Miitm.
488 Woman.
163. In men every mortal sin is venial ; in women
every venial sin b mortal. ItcU.
164. It is better to dwell in a comer of the house-
top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Bible.
165. It is better to dwell in the wilderness than
with a contentious and angry woman. Bible.
166. It is better to irritate a dog than an old
woman. ItaL
167. It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas
than a woman. Ger.
168. It is vain to watch a really bad woman. ItaL
169. It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning.
Fr.
170. It is the men that cause the women to dislike
each other. Fr.
171. Kind words and few are a woman's orna-
ment. Dan.
172. King Arthur did not violate the refuge of a
woman.
1 73. Let women spin and not preach.
174. Man is fire and woman is tow and the devil
comes and blows. Fr,^ Sp.^^ For.
175. Man may be the head of the family, but far
better than that woman is the heart of it. Punch.
176. Man without woman is head without body;
woman without man is body without head. Crer.
177. Man, woman, and the devil are the three de-
grees of comparison.
178. Man to man so oft unjust, is always so to
woman. Byron.,
Woman.
489
179. Many estates are spent in the getting
Since women for tea forsook spinning and "
knitting,
And men for their punch hewing and splitting.
180. Many things make the honor of a man, few
that of a woman. {Economy^ modesty and silence
adorn a woman,) M, Greek,
181. Many women, many words.
182. Many words honor a man and few the
woman. M, Greek,
183. Mean women have their faults as well as
queens. Massinger,
184. Men are as old as they feel and women as .
they look. Ital,
185. Men as well as women bom to be controlled.
Stoop to the forward and the bold.
186. Men make wealth and women preserve it. Ital,
187. Men must work and women must weep.
Kingsley,
188. Men never begrudge the money they spend
on dinners, nor women on pastry. Punch,
189. Men-iegpect and women love.'^
190. Men's vows are women's traitors. Shaks,
191. My only books were woman's looks,
And folly's all they taught me. Tom Moore, "^
192. Never ask a woman her age : ask it of some ^.
other woman. Punch,
193. Never contradict a woman when she is abus- —
ing her husband. Punch,
194. No relying on wine, women, or fortune. _
490
Woman.
195. No woman is a beauty to her femme-de-cham-
bre. Punch.
196. No woman is ugly if she is well dressed.
Sp,y Par,
197. No woman marries a man for God's sake.
198. No woman sleeps so soundly that the twang
of a guitar will not bring her to the window. Sp.
199. Not she with traitorous kiss her Saviour stung.
Not she denied him with unholy tongue.
She, while apostles shrunk, could danger
brave,
Last at his cross, and earliest at his grave.
E. S. Barrett.
200. Nothing causes women to lose the taste of
visiting but the want of attire and ornament Chinese.
201. Nothing is more unbearable than a woman
with a full purse. Juvenal.
202. Nothing is so important to a young man en-
tering life as to be well criticised by women. Bea.
203. Oh ! woman, woman, when to ill thy mind
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.
Homer.
' 204. Old women's gold is not ugly.
205. One demands four things from a woman : that
virtue dwell in her heart, modesty beam on her fore-
head, sweetness flow from her lips, and industry oc-
cupy her hands. Chinese.
206. One hair of a woman draws more than a bell
rope. Ger.
207. One hair of a woman draws more than a team
of oxen.
Woman. ^g,
208. One tongue is enough for a woman.
209. One tongue is enough for two women.
210. Out of nine women, one is sure to be affected
with jealousy. Chinese.
211. Play, women and wine make a man laugh till
he dies.
212. Play, women and wine undo a man laughing.
213. Praise a woman's taste, and you may attack
her sense with impunity. Putuh,
214. Priests and women never forget. Ger,
215. Provided a woman be well principled she has
dowry enough. Flautus,
216. Put the light out and all women are alike.
Ger.
217. Seek to be good, but aim not to be great,
A woman's noblest station is retreat.
Lyttletan (1731).
218. Summer sown corn and woman's advice, turn
out well in every seven years. Ger.
219. Swine, women and bees cannot be turned.
220. Take a woman's first advice, not her second.
Fr.
221. Talk to women as much as you can, 'tis the
best school. Bea.
222. Tears are ordinarily the touchingest eloquence
of women. Turkish Spy.
223. Tell a woman she's a beauty and the devil
will tell her it ten times. Sp.
224. Tell a woman she is wondrous fair and she
will soon turn fool.
492
Woman.
225. Tell her she's handsome and you will turn her
head. Sp., JPor.
226. That bench is well adorned that is filled with
virtuous women. JDan.
227. That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man.
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. f
Shaks.
228. The action of women on our destiny is in-
creasing. Bea.
229. The best guidance for a woman's life is a
union with the man she loves. Maga.
230. The cunning of the sex is equal to their ob-
stinacy. {Female sex,)
231. The dog is faithful, women never. Turk. #
232. The first counsels of women are the wisest and
their last resolutions the most dangerous. Chinese.
233. The first talent of a woman is to be able to
converse. Maga.
234. The fortitude that becomes a woman would be
cowardice in a man, and the modesty which be-
comes a man would be pertness in a woman. Tacitus.
235. The laughter, the tears and the song of a
woman are equally deceptive.
236. The looking-glass is the woman's best coun-
sellor. Ger.
237. The love of woman buries her wrongs without
a tear. Maga.
238. The man's a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To stem the torrent of a woman's will ;
For if she will, she will, you may depend on it,
And if she won't she won't, and there's an end
on it.
Woman. ^q^
239. The man that lays his hand upon a woman
save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom 'twere
gross flattery to name a coward.
240. The more a woman admires her face, the
more she ruins her house. Sp.
241. The more women look in their glasses the less
they look to their houses.
242. The most beautiful object in the world is a -
beautiful woman. Macaulay,
243. The ornament of a woman is her modesty.
Cingalese,
244. The power of a Brahmin is in his knowledge,
of a woman in her beauty, of a soldier in his cour-
age. Cingalese.
245. The reputation of chastity to a woman, is not
so necessary as veracity to a man.
246. The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of
the purse. ItaL
247. The thoughts of women are after thoughts.
248. The tongue of women is their sword and they
^ke care not to let it rust. Chinese,
249. The way of women : when you will they won't, ^
and when you won't they're dying to.
250. The well-dressed woman draws her husband
from another woman's door. Sp.
251. The whisper of a beautiful woman can be
heard further than the loudest call of duty.
252. The woman in finery, the house in filth, but
the door-way swept. Sp,
253. The woman that deliberates is lost. Addison,
494
Woman.
254. The woman who gives is seldom good ; the
woman who accepts is in the power of the just. Itai.
255. The world is the book of women. Fr.
256. The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man the hermit sighed, 'til woman
smiled. Campbell.
^ 257. There are only two good women in the world :
the one is dead, the other not to be found. Ger.
258. There is little use in watching a bad woman.
Sp.
259. There is no mischief done, but a woman is one.
260. There is no torture a woman would not endure
to enhance her beauty. Moniaigtu.
261. There is not a woman without some duty.
Cicero,
262. There is nothing on earth to be compared
with a virtuous and lovely woman. Arabian.
263. There is only one way in which a woman can
be handsome but a hundred thousand ways in which
she can be pretty. Maga,
264. There is scarcely a lawsuit unless a woman is
the cause of it. Juvenal,
265. There is scarcely a man who does not inveigh
against the scandal of women, but they all of them
listen to it. Punch.
266. There is no mischief in the world done,
But a woman is always one.
267. There never was a looking-glass that told a
woman she was ugly. Fr.
268. There never yet was fair woman,
But she made mouths in the glass. Shaks.
^ Woman. 4^5
269. They say that women and music should not
be dated. ; Goldsmith.
270. They talk alput a woman's sphere as though
it had a liinit,
There's not a place in earth or heaven,
There's not a task to mankind given.
There's not a blessing or a woe,
There's not a whisper yes or no,
There's not a life or birth,
That has a feather's weight of worth,
Without a woman in it.
271. Three things women highly hold in hate,
Falsehood, cowardice and poor descent. .
Shaks,
272. Time, wind, women and fortune are ever
changing. Ger,
273. 'Tis as natural for women to pride themselves
in fine clothes as 'tis for a peacock to spread his
tail.
274. 'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud,
'Tis virtue that doth make them most ad-
mired,
'Tis modesty that makes them seem divine.
Shaks.
275. To a foolish woman, a violin is more pleasing
than a distaff. Ital.
276. To a gentleman every woman is a lady in
right of her sex. Bulwer.
277. To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue.
Shaks.
278. Trust not a woman even when dead. (She
may feign death,)
496
Woman.
279. Trust not a woman when she weepeth, for it
is her nature to weep, when she wanteth her will.
Socrates,
280. *Twas surely the devil that taught women to
dance and asses to bray.
281. Two cats and one mouse, two women and one
house,
Two dogs and one bone, will not agree long.
Ger.
282. Two things govern the world: women and
gold. Ger.
283. Two women can be reconciled who have
quarrelled unless they have called each other ugly.
Horace Walpole.
284. Two women placed together make cold
weather. Shaks.
285. Ugliness is the guardian of women. Hebrew,
286. Ugly women finely dressed are the uglier for
it.
287. Upon a woman one must wait an hour.
288. Virtue is the most beautiful ornament of
woman. Ger.
289. Want of sympathy in a woman is almost as
bad as want of beauty.
290. Watching a woman is labor in vain. Ger.
291. We never know what a woman doesn't mean
until she has spoken.
292. We should make it a rule to give up to women
and they are sure to give up to us. Bea.
293. Wealth, wind, women and fortune change
like the moon. Fr.
Woman.
497
294. What a woman wills, God wills. Fr,^ Sp.
295. What manly eloquence could produce such
effect as woman's silence. Michekt,
296. What's a table richly spread, without a woman
at its head? J, Wharton.
297. When a handsome woman laughs you may be
sure her purse weeps.
298. When a woman has no answer, the sea is
empty of water. Ger,
299. When a woman has nothing to do, she talks
scandal. Punch,
300. When a woman is openly bad she is good.
{She then is at her best,) Syrus,
301. When a woman thinks by herself, she's think-
ing of mischief. Latin,
302. When a woman vows she never flirts, she is
flirting. Punch,
303. When an ass climbs a ladder, we may find
wisdom in woman.
304. When pain and anguish rive the brow.
A ministering angel thou. Scott,
305. When there are two women in one house
there is one too many. Ger,
306. When woman reigns the devil governs. Ital,
307. Where a woman deposits her heart, she
should deposit her fortune. Fielding.
308. Where a woman rules the house, the devil is
serving-man. Ger.
309. Where there are women and geese, there
wants no noise.
32
498
Woman.
310. Whether sunned in the tropics, or chilled at
the pole,
If a woman be there, there is happiness too.
Afoare.
311. Who is it can read a woman ? Shaks.
312. Who places his confidence in a woman is a
fool. Polish.
313. Who takes an eel by the tail, and a woman
at her word, may say he holds nothing. Ital.
314. Who is the man that was never fooled by
woman ? Ger.
315. Wine and women bring misery. Martial.
316. Wine and women make fools of everybody.
Ger.
317. Woman as a mother makes the house and
mars it. Turk.
318. Woman, fairest of creation, last and best.
Milton.
319. Woman impromptu, man on reflection. Ital.
320. Woman is an evil, but a necessary evil. Latin.
321. Woman is an idol man worships until he
throws it down.
322. Woman's at best a contradiction still. Pope.
323. Woman is the handsomest in animal creation.
Hebrew,
324. Woman is the lesser man. Tetmyson.
325. Woman like good wine is a sweet poison. Turk.
326. Woman, take her all in all, is extravagant by
nature. Greek.
327. Woman's beauty, the forest echo, and rain-
bow soon pass away. Ger,
WOM.K. 45g
328. Woman's grief is like a summer storm, short .
as it is violent, Joanna Baillie.
329. Woman's honor is nice as ermine: 'twill not
bear a soil. Jiryden.
330. Woman's happiness is in obeying. Mkhekt.
331. Woman's love is dangerous, their hate is fatal.
332. Woman's mission : to stop at the fireside
whilst man goes to collect material to make the pot
boil. Punch.
333. Women always speak the truth but not the
whole truth. Hal.
334. Women always poke the fire from the top.
335. Women and dogs set men together by the ears.
336. Women and fools are always in extreme.
337. Women and glass are always in danger. Par.
338. Women and hens are lost by too much
gadding. Ital.
339- Women and maidens must be praised whether
truly or falsely. Ger.
340. Women and wine, game and deceit,
Make the wealth small and the want great.
Franklin,
341. Women and wine intoxicate the young and
old, Hal.
342. Women are as fickle as April weather. Ger. '
343. Women are in extremes, they are better or
worse than men. Jm Bruyire.
344. Women are never at a loss for words. Ger.
345- Women are passive agents and when love
prompts them can outsuffer martyrs. Massingir.
Woman,
499
318. Woman's grief is like a summer storm, short .
as it is violent. Joanna Baitlie.
329. Woman's honor is nice as ermine: 'twill not
bear a soil. Dryden.
330. Woman's happiness is in obeying. Mickdet.
331. Woman's love is dangerous, their hate is fatal.
332. Woman's mission : to stop at the fireside
whilst man goes to collect material to make the pot
boil. Punch.
333. Women always speak ihe truth but not the
whole truth. Hal.
334. Women always poke the fire from the top. -
335. Women and dogs set men together by the ears.
336. Women and fools are always in extreme.
Pop,.
337. Women and glass are always in danger. Por.
338. Women and hens are lost by too much
gadding. Jtal.
339. Women and maidens must be praised whether
truly or falsely, Ger.
340. Women and wine, game and deceit.
Make the wealth small and the want great.
Franklin.
341. Women and wine intoxicate the young and
old. 2tal.
34a, Women are as fickle as April weather, Ger. ~
343. Women are in extremes, they are better or
worse than men. Ja Bruyire.
344. Women are never at a loss for words. G^. -
345. Women are passive agents and when love
prompts them can outsuffer martyrs. Massinger.
500
Woman.
346. Women are sooner angry than men. Hermes.
347. Women are supernumerary when present and
missed when absent. Por.
348. Women are the refiners of the merits of men.
Chesterfield.
349. Women are watches that keep bad time. Ger.
350. Women are wise impromptu, fools on reflec-
tion. JtcU.
351. Women, asses, and nuts require strong hands.
Ital.
352. Women can do everything because they rule
those who command everything. Fr.
353* Women cannot be completely severed unless
they hate. Rochefoucauld.
354. Women confess little faults that their candor
may cover great ones. Punch.
355* Women commend a modest man but like him
not.
356. Women conceal all they know not
357. Women fear too much even as they love.
Shaks.
358. Women, fortune and gold favor fools. Ger.
359. Women have long hair and short wit. Turk.
360. Women in mischief are wiser than men.
361. Women know a point more than the devil.
Ital.
362. Women know the better they obey the surer
they are to rule. Michelei.
363. Women laugh when they can and weep when
they will. Fr.
Wonder.
501
364. Women like princes find few real friends. -
LyttUton.
365. Women, money and wine have their value and
their harm. Fr.
366. Women must have their wills while they live
because they make none when they die.
367. Women rouge that they may not blush. ItaL
368. Women tell the truth indeed but only half of
it. Ger.
369. Women think plaice a sweet fish.
370. Women weep for their friends, men remember
them. Tacitus,
371. Women who have been happy in a first
marriage are the most apt to venture on a second.
Addison.
372. Women, wind and fortune soon change.
Sp., For.
373. Women's counsels are ever cruel. Icelandic.
374. Women's jars breed men's wars.
375. Women's tears are a fountain of craft. Ital.
376. You may know a foolish woman by her
finery.
377. You should believe one word in forty that a
woman speaks. Turk.
378. You should lecture neither child nor woman.
Turk.
Wonder.
1. A wonder lasts but nine days and then the
puppies' eyes are opened.
2. No wonder lasts more than three days. Hal.
3. Wonder is the daughter of ignorance.
502 Wonders.— Wood.— Wooden Leg.— Woods.
4. Wonder is the first cause of philosophy.
Aristotle.
5. Wonder lasts but nine nights in a town.
Wonders.
I. Wonders will never cease.
Wood.
1. He that picks up all sorts of wood soon gets
an armful. Ger.
2. Wood half burned is easily kindled.
Wooden Leg.
I. A wooden leg is better than no leg.
Woods.
I. Woods have ears and fields have eyes.
Ger.^ Dutch.
Wooing.
I. A man may obtain easily a fatherless maid.
Gaelic.
' 2. A rich man's wooing is seldom long of doing.
Scotch.
3. All wooers are rich and captives poor. Ger.
4. Happy's the wooing that's not long in doing.
5. Men are April when they woo, December
when they wed. Shahs.
6. Never mind him, let him be,
By-and-by he'll follow thee.
7. Not what is she but what hath she.
8. The last suitor wins the maid.
9. The wooing was a day after the wedding.
10. Tis best to woo where you can see the
smoke. Dutch.
■
Wool.— Word.
503 ■
11.
To woo is a pleasure in young men, a fault in ^
old.
■
12
Who the daughter would win,
I
With mamma must begin.
Ger. ■
Wool.
1
,.
Many go out for wool thai come back shorn. |
Ger. ■
2.
Much cry and little wool.
■
3-
Much cry and little wool as the devi
■
when
he sheared his hogs.
Word.
1
I
A blemish may be taken out of a diamond by |
cnref
1 polishing, but if your words have the
least ■
bbm
sh there is no way to efface it. Chinese. ■
3
A common word is always correct. Polish. |
3
A deluge of words and a drop of sense.
I
4
A good word always finds its man.
Gtr. ■
S
A good word extinguishes more than a pail H
full of water.
sp. m
6.
A good word for a bad one is worth
m.ch J
and costs little.
^^B
7-
A good word is as soon said as a bad one. ^^^^^|
8.
A good word stills great anger.
G^. ^H
9
A kind word leads the cow into the stab
-^^
lO
A spoken word is silver, an unspoke
1
gold
G^. ■
II.
A spoken word will not be called back.
G». ■
II.
A word and a stone let go cannot be
ailed ■
back
H
13-
A word before is worth two after.
J
504
Word.
14. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in
pictures of silver. Bible,
15. A word hurts more than a wound.
16. A word in earnest is as good as a speech.
Dickens.
17. A word isn't a bird, if it flies out you'll never
catch it again. Russian.
18. A word is sufficient between man and man.
Hans Andersen,
19. A word is worth a dollar, silence two. Ger.
^ 20. A word once out flies anywhere. I*r.
21. A word once sent abroad flies irrevocably.
Horace,
22. A word spoken in season, at the right moment,
is the mother of ages. Carlyle.
23. A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
24. A word to the wise is sufficient. Latin,
25. A word unreasonably spoken may mar the
course of a whole life. Greek,
26. A word uttered may bring wealth as well as
ruin. Tamil,
27. Ae ill word meets anither an it were at the
brig of London.
28. All food is good to eat but all words are not
flt to speak.
29. An acute word cuts deeper than a sharp
weapon.
30. An unkind word falls easily from the tongue
but a coach with six horses cannot bring it back.
Chinese,
Word.
505
31. Bad words find bad acceptance.
32. Bad words make a woman worse.
33. Bare words buy no barley.
34. Better a good word than a battle.
35. Better break your word than do worse in
keeping it.
36. Better one living word than a hundred dead
ones. Dutch,
37. Better one word in time than two after.
38. Big words seldom go with good deeds. Dan,
39. Changes o' words are lightening o' hearts.
40. Cool words scald not the tongue.
41. David did not slay Goliah with words. Icelandic.
42. Deliver not your words by number but by
weight.
43. Evil words corrupt good manners. Dutch,
44. Fair words and foul play cheat both young and
old.
45. Fair words break no bones, but foul words
many a one.
46. Fair words, but look to your purse. ItaL
47. Fair words butter no parsnips. — -
48. Fair words don't fill the pockets.
49. Fair words fill not the belly nor mind always.
50. Fair words make me look at my purse.
51. Fair words please the fool and sometimes the
wise. Dan.
52. Fair words will never pluck out the tongue.
Fr.
53. Fair words won't feed a cat. Ital.
5o6 Word.
54. Fair words won't fill the sack. Dutch, Dan.
55. Faithful are the words of a friend, but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
56. Few words are best.
57. Few words darken speech and so do too many.
Benjonsan,
58. Few words, many deeds.
59. Few words sufficeth to a wise man.
60. Fine words will not keep a cat from starv-
ing.
61. Fine words without deeds go not far. Dan.
62. Foolish ears need sharp words. Dutch,
63. For mad words deaf ears.
64. Good words and bad deeds deceive both wise
and simple. Sp.^ Por.
65. Good words and no deeds are rushes and
reeds.
66. Good words are better than bad strokes.
Shaks.
67. Good words cool more than cold water.
68. Good words cost no more than bad.
69. Good words cost nothing but are worth much.
70. Good words fill not a sack.
71. Half a word to the wise is enough. Dutch.
72. He keeps his word as the sun keeps butter.
Dutch.
73. Ill words are bellows to a slackening fire.
74. Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense.
Roscommon,
Word.
507
75. It is bitter fare to eat one's own words. Dan,
76. It takes many words to fill a sack. Dan,
77. Kind words don't wear out the tongue. Dan, \
78. Kind words heal friendship's wounds. Dan,
79. Let no word escape you unsuitable to the oc- -
casion. Ferkles,
80. Let thy words be few. Bible,
81. Many words, an unsound heart. Turk,
82. Many words hurt more than swords.
83. Many words, little work. Ger,
84. More is done with words than with hands. Ger,
85. No word is ill spoken that is not ill taken. Por,
86. Of big words and feathers many go to the
pound. Ger,
87. One good word quenches more heat than a
bucket of water. Ital.
88. One honest word is better than two oaths.
Turk.
89. One ill word asketh another.
90. One word before is better than ten afterwards.
Dan,
91. One word brings on another. Ital,
92. Pleasant words are valued and do not cost
much. Ital,
93. Smooth words do not flay the tongue. Ital,
94. Smooth words make smooth ways.
95. Soft words break no bones.
96. Soft words don't scratch the tongue. Fr.
97. Soft words hurt not the mouth.
5o6 Word.
54. Fair words won't fill the sack. Dutch^ Dan.
55. Faithful are the words of a friend, but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
56. Few words are best.
57. Few words darken speech and so do too many.
Benjanson.
58. Few words, many deeds.
59. Few words sufficeth to a wise man.
60. Fine words will not keep a cat from starv-
ing.
61. Fine words without deeds go not far. Dan.
62. Foolish ears need sharp words. Dutch.
63. For mad words deaf ears.
64. Good words and bad deeds deceive both wise
and simple. 1^., For.
65. Good words and no deeds are rushes and
reeds.
66. Good words are better than bad strokes.
Shaks.
67. Good words cool more than cold water.
68. Good words cost no more than bad.
69. Good words cost nothing but are worth much.
70. Good words fill not a sack.
71. Half a word to the wise is enough. Dutch^
72. He keeps his word as the sun keeps butter.
Dutch.
73. Ill words are bellows to a slackening fire.
74. Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense.
Roscommon.
Word.
507
75. It is bitter fare to eat one's own words. Dan,
76. It takes many words to fill a sack. Dan,
77. Kind words don't wear out the tongue. Dan, \
78. Kind words heal friendship's wounds. Dan,
79. Let no word escape you unsuitable to the oc- .
casion. Pericles,
80. Let thy words be few. Bible,
81. Many words, an unsound heart. Turk,
82. Many words hurt more than swords.
83. Many words, little work. Ger,
84. More is done with words than with hands. Ger,
85. No word is ill spoken that is not ill taken. Por,
86. Of big words and feathers many go to the
pound. Ger,
87. One good word quenches more heat than a
bucket of water. Ital,
88. One honest word is better than two oaths.
Turk.
89. One ill word asketh another.
90. One word before is better than ten afterwards.
Dan,
91. One word brings on another. Ital,
92. Pleasant words are valued and do not cost
much. Ital,
93. Smooth words do not flay the tongue. Ital,
94. Smooth words make smooth ways.
95. Soft words break no bones.
96. Soft words don't scratch the tongue. Fr.
97. Soft words hurt not the mouth.
5o8 Word.
98. Soft words warm friends, bitter words lasting
enemies.
99. Sometimes words hurt worse than swords.
100. Sugared words generally prove bitter. Sp.
1 01. Sweet words butter no parsnips.
102. Take a horse by his bridle and a man by his
word. Dutch.
103. Take a man by his word and a cow by her
horns. Fr.
104. The spoken word cannot be swallowed.
Russian.
105. The word goes from the lips and passes to
thousands. M. Greek.
106. The word impossible, is not in my dictionary.
Napokan.
107. The word that has escaped thee is thy master,
that which you retain thy slave. Fr.
108. The words of the good are like a staff in a
slippery place. Hindoo.
109. To rude words deaf ears. Fr.
110. Twix't the word and the deed there's a long
step. Fr.
111. Under fair words beware of fraud. For.
112. Use soft words and hard arguments.
113. We should be as careful of our words as of
our actions. Cicero.
114. What harm is there in a good word, it costs
nothing ? Ger.
115. What you keep by you you may change and
mend,
But words once spoken can never be recalled.
Roscommon,
■
r
^^M
ii6.
When the nord is out it belongs to another. ^^^|
117.
Whea
the words are said the holy water's ^^^H
made
^m
118.
When
you give others ill words you rail at ^^^H
yourself.
^^^H
iig.
Wise words and great seldom agree. « ^^^^U
With words to combat ill befits the brave. ^^^^|
fftmer. ^^^H
IZI.
Words and feathers are tossed by the wind. ^^^^|
Hi.
Words
are but empty thanks. Cihber. ^^^^^|
<J3-
Words
are but sands, 'lis money buys lands. ^^^^|
124-
Words
are female, deeds are male. Ital. ■ ^^^^|
•25
Words
are good when works follow. Ger. ^^^^^|
126
Words
are men's daughters, but God's sons ^^^^^|
are things.
Johnson. ^^^H
IZ7
Words
are like leaves and where they most ^^^^H
^^^^H
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. ^^^B
^^H
128
Words
are the voice of the heart. Confucius. ^^^H
129
Words
are the wings of action. Lavater. ^^^^H
'30
Words
are women, deeds are men. Herbert. ^^^|
'31
Words don't fill the belly. J'or. ~^^H
132
Words fine and bold, are goods half sold. Ger— ^|
133
Words
of snow which fell last year, Gtr. H
134
Words
often do more than blows. Gtr. H
'3S
Words
once spoken cannot be wiped out with H
a sponge.
Dan. ■
136
Words show the wit of a man, but actions bis ^^^^|
^^J
Sio
Work.
137. Words spoken in the evening the wind carri-
eth away. (Jn the heat of conviviality mm talk care-
lessly.)
138. Words will not do for my aunt for she does
not put faith even in deeds. Sfi.
139. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
SAaks.
m
140. Words won't feed cats. It^il.
141. You may gain by fair words, what may fail
you by angry ones. I^an.
Work.
1. A work ill done must be twice done.
2. A work well begun is half ended. Plato,
3. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
4. All work, even cotton spinning, is noble —
work alone is noble. Carlyle.
5. Better direct well than work hard.
^ 6. Better sit idle than work for naught.
, 7. By the work we know the workman.
La Fontaine.
8. By work you get money, by talk you get
knowledge. Haliburton.
9. By working in a smithy one becomes a smith.
Fr.
10. Church work goes on slowly.
11. Do the head work before the hand work.
12. Fire and love do not say, **Go to your work.**
sp.
13. Good material is half the work. Ger.
Work.
Sii
14. Good works will never save you, but you can-
not be saved without them.
15. Great gain makes work easy.
16. He was bom on a Sunday: he likes work
ready done. Fr.
17. He who would rest must work. Ital.
18. In truth they must not eat, who will not work
in heat.
19. It's all in the day's work.
20. It is not the long day but the heart that does
the work. ItaL
21. Man's work is from sun to sun,
Woman's work is never done.
22. Men work but slowly that have poor wages.
23. Mighty work must be done with few words.
Dan.
24. Most hands despatch apace and make light
work.
25. Never was good work done without much
trouble. Chinese.
26. Slow work produces fine goods.
27. Sour work — sweet sleep. Ger,
28. The result tests the work. George Washington.
29. The time is never lost that is devoted to
work. Emerson.
30. Thy hand is never the worse for doing thy
own work.
31. 'Tis not prating but working that brings in
the harvest.
32. To work for a dead horse or goose.
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Workman.
33. To work for the bishop. (Prayers but no pay ^
Sp.
34. We cannot all be noblemen, there must be
some to do the work. Hans Andersen.
35. When every one minds his own business the
work is done. Dan.
36. When he should work every finger is a thumb.
37. Where there are too many there is little work.
Ger.
38. Work done expects money. -/Vr.
39. Work first and then rest. Ruskin.
40. Work makes riches, and the weaver's tool
builds the store-house. Ger.
41. Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. Ger.
42. Work makes the workman.
43. Work produces virtue, and virtue honor. Ger.
Workman.
1. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
2. A skilful mechanic is a good pilgrim. Sp.
3. A workman is known by his chips.
4. At the working man's house hunger looks in
but does not enter. Franklin.
5. Diligent work makes a skilful workman.
6. Handle your tools without mittens : remem-
ber the cat in gloves catches no mice. Franklin.
7. He is a bad workman who cannot talk of
work. Ger.
8. He never wrought a good day's work who
went grumbling about it.
9. He who has money to throw away let him
employ workmen and not stand by. Ital.
World.
513
10. It is working that makes a workman.
11. Many workmen, little work. Ger.
12. Never pay your workmen beforehand. Maga,
13. Not to oversee workmen is to leave them
your house open.
14. Not to oversee workmen is to leave them
your purse open.
15. The work praises the workman. Ger.
16. The workman is known by his work.
Fr., ItaL, Dutch,
17. The workman is worthy of his hire. Dutch,
18. They may know the workman by his work.
Ital.
19. Workmen are easier found than masters.
{More hands than heads?) Ger.
20. Would you a perfect workman find,
To an embroidery needle an iron pestle
grind. Chinese.
World.
1. A due consideration of the vanities of the
world will naturally bring us to a contempt of it.
VEstrange.
2. A falling world might crush but it could not
intimidate me. Petrarch.
3. All the world is not mere conduct and
stratagem.
4. All the world will beat the man whom fortune
buffets.
5. He is the world's master who despises it, its
slave who prizes it. ItaL
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World.
6. He that will consider the world must own he
has never seen a better. Z>uUh.
7. If all the world were ugly, deformity would
be no monster.
8. If all were wise the world would come to an
end. Ggr,
9. If the whole world does not enter one-half of
it will.
10. In this world men must be saved by their
want of faith. Lord Halifax.
11. In this world nine-tenths of all success de-
pends upon the time.
12. In this world, the fondest and the best
Are the most troubled and distressed. Crabbe.
13. In wiving and thriving men should take coun-
sel of all the world.
14. Let the great book of the world be your prin-
cipal study. Chesterfield.
15. Of this world each man has as much as he
takes. ItaJ.
16. One-half the world does not know how the
other half lives.
. 17. One-half the world laughs at the other half.
Fr.^ Ger.
18. Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
Ger.
19. The gown is hers who wears it, and the world
is his who enjoys it.
20. The world has people of all sorts. Locke.
21. The world is a bride superbly dressed.
Who weds for dowry must pay his soul. Hafiz.
World.
515
22. The world is a great book of which they that
never stir from home read only a page.
St. Augustim,
23. The world is a ladder for some to go up and
others to go down.
24. The world is a lottery wherein one must ex-
pect to meet with many unlucky chances.
lurkish Spy.
25. The world is a net; the more we stir in it the
more we are entangled.
26. The world is a wheel. M. Greek.
27. The world is as free for a fly as for an eagle.
Ben Jonson.
28. The world is governed with little brains. Ital.
29. The world is like a staircase, some go up and
others go down. Ital.
30. The world is so much knave that it holds
honesty to be a vice and folly.
31. The world likes to be cheated. Dutch.
32. The world likes to have night owls that it
may have matter for wonder. Ger.
33. The world owes me a living providing I earn
it.
34. The world wags on with three things : doing,
undoing and pretending. Ital.
35. The world was never so dull as if one wont
another will.
36. The world would perish were all men learned.
37. The world's a stage, each plays his part and
takes his share. Dutch.
C|6 Wormwood. — Worn Out. — Worship.
^S, There needs a long apprenticeship to under-
stand the mystery of the world's trade.
39. There needs a long time to know the world's
pulse.
40. This world is nothing except it tend to
another.
41. 'Tis a wicked world and we make part of it.
42. When the world is inclined to favor, it over-
rates as much as it will underrate when it disfavors.
Richardson.
Wormwood.
I. There is no wormwood that comes into flower
that does not wither. {Spoken of the life of man,)
Kojffir.
Worn Out.
I. Something better always makes its appear-
ance when old and worn out things fail.
Hans Andersen.
Worship.
I. They who worship God merely for fear
Would worship the devil should he appear.
Worst.
1. It is best to know the worst at once. Plautus.
2. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself.
3. The corruption of the best produces the
worst. Latin,
\ 4. The worst is always the present. La Fontaine.
5. When things are at the worst they sometimes
mend. Byron.
6. When things come to the worst they'll mend.
7. Who is it can say, " I am at the worst." Shahs.
Worth. — Wound.
517
Worth.
1. The worth of a thing is best known by the %
want of it.
2. The worth of a thing is what it will bring.
For.
3. The worth of good is not known but by ex-
perience. Turk.
4. Worth makes the man and want of it the
fellow. Pope.
Wound.
1. A green wound is soon healed.
2. A wound foreseen pains the less. Ital.
3. A wound is not cured by the unbending of
the bow.
4. A wound never heals so well that the scar
cannot be seen. Dan,
5. After the battle humanity should close the «
wounds that valor has inflicted. Petrarch.
6. He that would heal a wound must not handle
it. ItaL
7. If you cannot heal the wound do not tear it ^
open. Dan,
8. Old wounds easily bleed. Ger.
9. Reopen not a wound once healed. Latin,
10. Search not a wound too deep lest thou make «
a new one.
11. Small wounds if many may be mortal.
12. That wound that was never given is the best
cured of any other.
13. The knife's wound heals, the tongue's never.
Turk,
rig W RANGLERS. — W RANGLING.— WrEN.
14. The private wound is deepest Shaks.
15. The wound that bleedeth inwardly is most
* dangerous.
16. The wounds of athletes do not smart. Ger.
17. 'Tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a
church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve. {Mercu^
tio speaking of his wound,) Shaks.
18. Unbending the bow does not heal the wound.
Fr., Ital.
19. What wound ever healed but by degrees.
Shaks.
20. When the wound is healed the pain is for-
• gotten. JDan.
21. Who fears wounds must not go to war. Ger.
22. Wounds from the knife are healed but not
those of the tongue. Sp.
23. Wounds may heal but not those made by ill
words. Sp.
24. Wounds pain most when grown cold. Sp.
Wranglers.
1. Wranglers are never in the wrong.
2. Wranglers never want words though they may
matter.
Wrangling.
I. They wrangle about an egg and let the hens
fly away. Gcr.
Wren.
I. The poor wren, the most diminutive of birds,
will fight, her young ones in the nest, against the
owl. Shaks.
Wrestling. — Wrinkle. — Writing.
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2. Wrens may prey where eagles dare not perch. *
Wrestling.
1. He that is thrown will still wrestle. Fr.
2. He that wrestles with us strengthens our
nerves and sharpens our skill : our antagonist is our
helper. Burke.
3. If you wrestle with a collier, you will get a
blotch.
Wrinkle.
1. An old wrinkle never wears out.
2. And wrinkles the d d democrats won't
flatter. Byron.
3. Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than ill
nature. Dupuy.
Writing.
1. He that intends to write what is worthy to
be read more than once should blot frequently.
Horace.
2. If you would write naturally, vigorously, deli- •
cately, you must express the truth. La Bruy}re.
3. Of all those arts in which the wise excel
Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Buckingham.
4. Sound judgment is the ground of writing*
well. Roscommon.
5. True ease in writing comes from art, not ^
chance. Pope.
6. Write with the learned but speak with the
vulgar.
7. Writing is the language of the hand. Hebrew.
C20 Wrong.— Wrongs. — Xerxes.— Year.
8« You write with ease to show your breeding.
^ But easy writing's curst hard reading.
Maoris Life of Sheridan.
1. He who does the wrong forgets it, but not he
» who receives it. Z/a/,
2. No wrong without a remedy.
^ 3. One wrong step may give you a great falL
4. One wrong submitted to, another follows. J\?r.
5. Since I wronged you I have never liked you.
6. The submitting to one wrong brings on
another. S^.
7. The wrong doer never lacks a pretext.
//«/., SJ^.
8. They hurt themselves that wrong others.
• 9. Tis better to suflEer wrong than do it.
10. Wrong has nae warrant
Wrongs.
1. On adamant our wrongs we all engrave,
* But write our benefits upon the wave. King.
2. Two wrongs do not make a right.
