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

Soft words win hard hearts. Pr. 45

"Softly! softly!" caught the monkey. Negro Pr.

Sogno d'infermi—A sick man's dream. Petrarch.

Soi-disant—Self-styled. Fr.

Sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras—The setting sun doubles the increasing shadows. Virg.

Sol occubuit; nox nulla secuta est—The sun is set; no night has followed.

Sola Deo salus—Safety is from God alone. M.

Sola juvat virtus—Virtue alone assists. M.

Sola nobilitas virtus—Virtue is the only nobility. M.

Sola salus servire Deo—The only safety is in 5 serving God.