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

Cobra buena fama, y échate á dormir—Get a good name, and go to sleep. Sp. Pr.

Cobre gana cobre que no huesos de hombre—Money (lit. copper) breeds money and not man's bones. Sp. Pr.

Cœlitus mihi vires—My strength is from heaven. M.

Cœlo tegitur qui non habet urnam—He who 15 has no urn to hold his bones is covered by the vault of heaven. Lucan.

Cœlum ipsum petimus stultitia—We assail heaven itself in our folly. Hor.

Cœlum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt—Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character. Hor.

Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark; open the door, and it is off for ever. Haliburton.

Cogenda mens est ut incipiat—The mind must be stimulated to make a beginning. Sen.

Cogi qui potest nescit mori—He who can be 20 compelled knows not how to die. Sen.

Cogitatio nostra cœli munimenta perrumpit, nec contenta est, id, quod ostenditur, scire—Our thoughts break through the muniments of heaven, and are not satisfied with knowing what is offered to sense observation. Sen.