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

Sal sapit omnia—Salt seasons everything. M.

Salle-à-manger—A dining-room. Fr.

Salon—A drawing-room; a picture gallery or exhibition. Fr.

Salt and bread make the cheeks red. Ger. Pr. 45

Salt is good, but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. Jesus.

Salt is white and pure; there is something holy in salt. Hawthorne.

Salt spilt is never all gathered up. Sp. and Port. Pr.

Saltabat elegantius, quam necesse est probæ—She danced more daintily than a virtuous woman should. Sall., of Sempronia.

Salus per Christum redemptorem—Salvation 50 through Christ the Redeemer. M.

Salus populi suprema est lex—The well-being of the people is the supreme law. L.