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

Ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris—As you do to others, you may expect another to do to you. Laber.

A barren sow was never good to pigs. Pr. 10

A bas—Down! down with! Fr.

A beast that wants discourse of reason. Ham., i. 2.

A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it. Fielding.

A beau jeu beau retour—One good turn deserves another. Fr. Pr.

A beautiful form is better than a beautiful 15 face, and a beautiful behaviour than a beautiful form. Emerson.

A beautiful object doth so much attract the sight of all men, that it is in no man's power not to be pleased with it. Clarendon.

A beautiful woman is the "hell" of the soul, the "purgatory" of the purse, and the "paradise" of the eyes. Fontenelle.

A beggarly account of empty boxes. Rom. and Jul., v. 1.