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

Sesquipedalia verba—Words a cubit long. Hor.

Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to 40 the devil. Pr.

Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop. Burton.

Set a stout heart to a stey (steep) brae. Sc. Pr.

Set a thief to catch a thief. Pr.

Set it down to thyself as well to create good precedents as to follow them. Bacon.

Set not your loaf in till the oven's hot. Pr. 45

Set out so / As all the day thou mayst hold out to go. George Herbert.

Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. St. Paul.

Setz' dir Perrücken auf von Millionen Locken, / Setz' deinen Fuss auf ellenhohe Socken, / Du bleibst doch immer, was du bist—Clap on thee wigs with curls without number, set thy foot in ell-high socks, thou remainest notwithstanding ever what thou art. Goethe.