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

Memory, of all things good remind us still: / 25 Forgetfulness, obliterate all that's ill. Macedonius.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age. Lactantius.

Memory, the warder of the brain. Macb., i. 7.

Men and communities in this world are often in the position of Arctic explorers, who are making great speed in a given direction, while the ice-floe beneath them is making greater speed in the opposite. John Burroughs.

Men and cucumbers are worth nothing as soon as they are ripe. Jean Paul.

Men and pyramids are not made to stand on 30 their head. G. K. Pfeffel.

Men and women who "grill" over the petty annoyances incident to existence, and inseparable from it, go to ruin like a careworn cat. C. J. Dunphie.

Men apt to promise are apt to forget. Pr.

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. As You Like It, iv. 1.

Men are as the time is. Lear, v. 3.