DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS

From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources INCLUDING PHRASES, MOTTOES, MAXIMS, PROVERBS, DEFINITIONS, APHORISMS, AND SAYINGS OF WISE MEN, IN THEIR BEARING ON LIFE, LITERATURE, SPECULATION, SCIENCE, ART, RELIGION, AND MORALS ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERN ASPECTS OF THEM SELECTED AND COMPILED BY THE R E V. J A M E S W O O D EDITOR OF "NUTTALL'S STANDARD DICTIONARY" "Aphorisms are portable wisdom."—W. R. Alger "A proverb is much matter decocted into few words."—Fuller LONDON FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1893