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

Joan is as good as my lady in the dark. Pr.

John Gilpin kiss'd his loving wife; / O'erjoy'd was he to find / That, though on pleasure she was bent, / She had a frugal mind. Cowper.

Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. Carlyle.

Join hands with God to make a man to live. 10 George Herbert.

Joindre les mains, c'est bien; les ouvrir, c'est mieux—To fold the hands (in prayer) is well; to open them (in charity) is better. Fr. Pr.

Joke at your leisure; ye kenna wha may jibe yoursel'. Sc. Pr.

Joke with a slave, and he'll soon show his heels. Ar. Pr.

Jong rijs is te buigen, maar geen oude boomen—Young twigs will bend, but not old trees. Dut. Pr.

Jonge lui, domme lui; oude lui, koude lui—Young 15 folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk. Dut. Pr.

Jouk and let the jaw (or jaup) gae by, i.e., duck and let the dash of dirty water pass over you. Sc. Pr.