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

Never durst poet touch a pen to write / Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs; / O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, / And plant in tyrants mild humility. Love's L. Lost, iv. 3.

Never elated when one man's oppress'd; / 20 Never dejected while anothers bless'd. Pope.

Never fall out with your bread and butter. Pr.

Never find fault with the absent. Pr.

Never fish in troubled waters. Pr.

Never forget St. Paul's sentence, "Love is the fulfilling of the law." This is the steam of the social machine; but the steam requires regulation; it is regulated by intelligence and moderation. Prof. Blackie to young men.

Never fry a fish till it's caught. Pr. 25

Never give up the ship. Pr.

Never grudge a penny for a pennyworth. Pr.

Never grumble nor mumble. Pr.