| Quotes |
Topic |
| Christmas | Christians awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Saviour of the world was born. |
| Comparisons | Some say, compared to Bononcini, That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny; Others aver, that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle: Strange all this difference should be, 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee! |
| Comparisons | Some say, that Seignior Bononchini Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny; Others aver, to him, that Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee. |
| Content | With more of thanks and less of thought, I strive to make my matters meet; To seek what ancient sages sought, Physic and food in sour and sweet, To take what passes in good part, And keep the hiccups from the heart. |
| Conversation | With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come Whate'er the subject be that starts. But if I get among the glum I hold my tongue to tell the truth And keep my breath to cool my broth. |
| Conversation | In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve. |
| Flowers | Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue? Does aught of its sweetness the blossom beguile? That meadow, those daisies, why do they not smile? |
| Hunger | Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it; But be it known to Skin and Bone That Flesh and Blood can't bear it. |
| Mind | I love my neighbor as myself, Myself like him too, by his leave, Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf Came I to crouch, as I conceive. Dame Nature doubtless has designed A man the monarch of his mind. |
| Preaching | Take time enough: all other graces Will soon fill up their proper places. |
| Proverbial Phrases | As clear as a whistle. |
| Proverbs | The point is plain as a pike staff. |
| Proverbs | A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd. |
| Proverbs | A sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. |
| Proverbs | A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness, Or other interesting beast of prey, Are similes at hand for the distress Of ladies who cannot have their own way. |
| Proverbs | Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy! |
| Proverbs | And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em. |
| Proverbs | As fierce as hell, or fiercer still, A woman piqued who has her will. |
| Proverbs | But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest. |
| Proverbs | But sighs subside, and tears shrink, Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow. |
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