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

Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus—The stars govern men, but God governs the stars.

A strenuous soul hates cheap success. Emerson.

A strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. Montaigne.

A strong soil that has produced weeds may be made to produce wheat with far less difficulty than it would cost to make it produce nothing. Colton.

Astronomy has revealed the great truth that 5 the whole universe is bound together by one all-pervading influence. Leitch.

A' Stuarts are no sib (related) to the king (the family name of the Scotch kings being Stuart). Sc. Pr.

Astutior coccyge—More crafty than the cuckoo (who deposits her eggs in another bird's nest). Pr.

A subject's faults a subject may proclaim, / A monarch's errors are forbidden game. Cowper.

A substitute shines brightly as a king, until a king be by. Mer. of Ven., v. 1.

A sudden thought strikes me, / Let us swear 10 an eternal friendship. Canning.