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

A friend's eye is a good looking-glass. Gael. Pr. 10

A friendship will be young at the end of a century, a passion old at the end of three months. Nigu.

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. Pr.

A fronte præcipitium, a tergo lupus—A precipice before, a wolf behind. Pr.

After dinner rest awhile; after supper walk a mile. Pr.

After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Macb., 15 iii. 2.

After meat mustard, i.e., too late.

After the spirit of discernment, the next rarest things in the world are diamonds and pearls. La Bruyère.

After-wit is everybody's wit. Pr.

A full cup is hard to carry. Pr.