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

Giovine santo, diavolo vecchio—A young saint, an old devil. It. Pr.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, / Suffering 45 yet hoping all things. Mrs. Hemans.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. Goethe.

Give a boy address and accomplishments, and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. Emerson.

Give a dog an ill name and hang him. Pr.

Give a hint to a man of sense and consider the thing done. Pr.

Give alms, that thy children may not ask 50 them. Dan. Pr.

Give a man luck and throw him into the sea. Pr.

Give ample room and verge enough. Gray.

Give an ass oats, and it runs after thistles. Dut. Pr.