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

Bon diable—A good-natured fellow. Fr.

Bon droit a besoin d'aide—A good cause needs 25 help. Fr. Pr.

Bon gré, mal gré—Whether willing or not. Fr.

Bon guet chasse maladventure—A good lookout drives ill-luck away. Fr. Pr.

Bonne épée point querelleur—A good swordsman is not given to quarrel. Fr. Pr.

Bonne est la maille que sauve le denier—Good is the farthing that saves the penny. Fr. Pr.

Bonhomie—Good nature. Fr. 30

Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere—It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to flay them. Tiberius Cæsar, in reference to taxation.

Bonis avibus—Under favourable auspices.

Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis—He does injury to the good who spares the bad. Pub. Syr.