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

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. Sterne.

Coûte qu'il coûte—Let it cost what it may. Fr.

Cover yourself with honey and the flies will fasten on you. Pr.

Covetous men need money least, yet most affect it; and prodigals, who need it most, do least regard it. Theod. Parker.

Covetousness bursts the bag. Pr. 15

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but greedy of honour and feeding on selfishness. Chamfort.

Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety. B. Franklin.

Covetousness is rich, while modesty goes barefoot. Phædrus.

Covetousness, like jealousy, when it has once taken root, never leaves a man but with his life. T. Hughes.

Covetousness often starves other vices. Sc. 20 Pr.