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 stone that lieth not in your way need not offend you. Pr.

The stone which the builders refused has become the head of the corner. Bible.

The storm of sad mischance will turn into 20 something that is good, if we list to make it so. Taylor.

The stranger who turneth away from a house with disappointed hopes leaveth there his own offences, and departeth, taking with him all the good actions of the owner. Hitopadesa.

The stranger's greeting thou shouldst aye return! Goethe.

The strawberry grows under the nettle, / And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best / Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality. Hen. V., i. 1.

The stream can never rise above the spring-head. Pr.

The street is full of humiliations to the proud. 25 Emerson.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. Ruskin.

The strength of aquatic animals is the waters; of those who dwell in towns, a castle; of footsoldiers, their own ground; of princes, an obedient army. Hitopadesa.