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

by Rev. James Wood

In cauda venenum—Poison lurks in the tail; or, there is a sting in the tail. Pr.

In causa facili, cuivis licet esse diserto—In an 25 easy matter any man may be eloquent. Ovid.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. Longfellow.

In cheerful souls there is no evil; wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise. Novalis.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in manhood just, and in old age prudent. Socrates.

In choosing friends, we should choose those whose qualities are innate, and their virtues virtues of the temperament. Amiel.

In Christ the infinite itself has come down to 30 the level of the finite, and the finite has been raised to the level of the infinite, and in His single person the spirit of the universe stands revealed. Ed.

In civil broils the worst of men may rise to honour. Plutarch.

In clothes, cheap handsomeness doth bear the bell. George Herbert.

In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself. Joubert.