Weariness / Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth / Finds the down pillow hard. Cymbeline, iii. 6.
Weary the path that does not challenge reason. Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. H. Ballou.
Weave in faith and God will find thread. Pr.
Weder sicher noch gerathen ist, etwas wider Gewissen zu thun. Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir—It is neither safe nor prudent to do aught against conscience. Here stand I, I cannot do otherwise. God be helping me. Luther at the Diet of Worms.
Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been / To publick feasts, where meet a publick rout: / When they that are without would fain go in, / And they that are within would fain go out. Sir J. Davis.
Wedlock is like a besieged fortress: those who are outside wish to get in, and those who are inside wish to get out. Arab. Pr.
Wee modest crimson-tipped flower, / Thou's 5 met me in an evil hour; / For I maun crush amang the stour / Thy slender stem; / To spare thee now is past my power, / Thou bonny gem. Burns.
Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toun, / Upstairs and dounstairs, in his nicht-goun, / Tirlin' at the window, cryin' at the lock, / "Are the weans in their bed? for it's noo ten o'clock." William Miller.
Weed your better judgments / Of all opinion that grows rank in them. As You Like It, ii. 7.
Weeds make dunghills gracious. Tennyson.