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

Thy actions, and thy actions alone, determine thy worth. Fichte.

Thy friend put in thy bosom; wear his eyes / Still in thy heart, that he may see what's there. / If cause require, thou art his sacrifice.... / But love is lost; the way of friendship's gone. George Herbert.

Thy hand is never the worse for doing thy own work. Pr.

Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. Bible.

Thy nature / It is too full of the milk of human 5 kindness / To catch the nearest way. Macb., i. 5.

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Bible.

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike, / One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike. Ben. Jonson.

Thy secret is thy prisoner. Pr.

Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth.

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share; / Lord 10 of the lion-heart and eagle-eye! / Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, / Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky! Smollett.