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

Sustine et abstine—Bear and forbear. M.

Suum cuique—To every man his due. M.

Suum cuique decus posteritas rependit—Posterity will pay every one his due. Tac.

Suus cuique est mos—Every one has his own 15 way of it. Hor.

Suus cuique mos—Every man has his way. Ter.

Suum cuique tribuere, ea demum summa justitia est—To give to every man his due, that is supreme justice. Cic.

Swearing is invoking the witness of a spirit to an assertion you wish to make, but cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit in a mischief you wish to inflict. Ruskin.

Sweep before your own door. Pr.

Sweet are the uses of adversity, / Which like 20 the toad, ugly and venomous, / Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; / And this our life, exempt from public haunt, / Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, / Sermons in stones, and good in everything. As You Like It.

Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, / Most musical, most melancholy. Milton.