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

New scenes impress new ideas, enrich the imagination, and enlarge the power of reason. Johnson.

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment. Charles Lamb.

Next in importance to the matter of books are their titles. Davies.

"Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as 35 a battle that has been won." Wellington, after Waterloo.

Next to Christmas Day the most pleasant annual epoch in existence is the advent of the New Year. Dickens.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. Thackeray.

Next to nae wife, a gude wife is the best. Sc. Pr.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice. Bacon.

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility 40 of relinquishing it. Disraeli.

Next to the consciousness of doing a good action, that of doing a civil one is the most pleasing. Chesterfield.