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

Aymez loyauté—Love loyalty. M.

A young man idle, an old man needy. It. Pr.

Ay, sir, to be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of two thousand. Ham., ii. 2.

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Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; wedded, an ass. Sp. Pr.

"Bad company," muttered the thief, as he 40 stepped to the gallows between the hangman and a monk. Dut. Pr.

Bad is by its very nature negative, and can do nothing; whatsoever enables us to do anything, is by its very nature good. Carlyle.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. Burke.

Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them. Ben Jonson.

Bal abonné—A subscription ball. Fr.