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

A silent man's words are not brought into court. Dan. Pr.

A sillerless (moneyless) man gangs fast through the market. Sc. Pr.

A silver key can open an iron lock. Pr.

A simple child, / That lightly draws its breath, / 30 And feels its life in every limb, / What should it know of death? Wordsworth.

A simple maiden in her flower, / Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.

A simple, manly character need never make an apology. Emerson.

As in a theatre, the eyes of men, / After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, / Are idly bent on him that enters next, / Thinking his prattle to be tedious. Rich. II., v. 2.

A single grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. Lessing.

A single moment may transform everything. 35 Wieland.

A single word is often a concentrated poem, a little grain of pure gold, capable of being beaten out into a broad extent of gold-leaf. Trench.