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

By strength of heart the sailor fights with roaring seas. Wordsworth.

By the long practice of caricature I have lost the enjoyment of beauty: I never see a face but distorted. Hogarth to a lady who wished to learn caricature.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is the noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius.

By time and counsel do the best we can: / 20 Th' event is never in the power of man. Herrick.

C.

Ca' (drive) a cow to the ha' (hall), and she'll rin to the byre. Sc. Pr.

Cabin'd, cribb'd, confin'd. Macb., iii. 4.

Cacoëthes carpendi—An itch for fault-finding. 25

Cacoëthes scribendi—An itch for scribbling.

Cacoëthes loquendi—An itch for talking.