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

The heart of childhood is all mirth. Keble.

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of reproof if the archer can but take a proper aim. Goldsmith.

The heart of man is the place the devils dwell 5 in. Sir Thomas Browne.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Bible.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Bible.

The heart sees farther than the head. Pr.

The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touched by the thorns. Moore.

The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 10 Pr.

The heart, unlike the fancy and the imagination, is not complex, and may be reached by the same weapons of thought in the most luxurious court of Christendom as in the tent of the Arab or the wigwam of the Cherokee. C. Fitzhugh.

The heart which truly loves puts not its love aside ... but grows stronger for that which seeks to thwart it. Lewis Morris.