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

'Tis the mind that makes the body rich; / And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, / So honour peereth in the meanest habit. Tam. of Shrew, iv. 3.

'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. 'Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels. Emerson.

'Tis the part of a poor spirit to undervalue 5 himself and blush. George Herbert.

'Tis the same to him who wears a shoe as if the whole earth were thatched with leather. Persian Pr.

'Tis the sublime of man, / Our noontide majesty, to know ourselves / Parts and proportions of one wondrous whole! / This fraternises man, this constitutes / Our charities and bearings. Coleridge.

'Tis this (religion), my friend, that streaks our morning bright. Thomson. (?)

'Tis too much proved that, with devotion's visage / And pious action, we do sugar o'er / The devil himself. Ham., iii. 1.

'Tis well for once to do everything one can do, 10 in order to have the merit of knowing one's self more intimately. Goethe.

'Tis well to be merry and wise, / 'Tis well to be honest and true; / 'Tis well to be off with the old love / Before you are on with the new. (?)

'Tis when sovereigns build, carters are kept employed. Schiller.