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 wolf in sheep's clothing. Pr.

A woman conceals what she does not know. Pr.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy: the smile that accepts the lover before the words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures it of a mother's love. Haliburton.

A woman in love is a very poor judge of character. J. G. Holland.

A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, / 10 Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty. Tam. of Sh., v. 2.

A woman's friendship borders more closely on love than a man's. Coleridge.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart; but a man's heart is always influenced by his head. Lady Blessington.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her. Two Gent. of Ver., iii. 1.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. W. Irving.

A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. 15 Pr.