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

Good company and good discourse are the 15 very sinews of virtue. Izaak Walton.

Good company upon the road is the shortest cut. Pr.

Good counsel is no better than bad counsel, if it is not taken in time. Dan. Pr.

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the giver's bosom. Goldsmith.

Good counsels observed are chains to grace. Fuller.

Good counsel tendered to fools rather provokes 20 than satisfies them. A draught of milk to serpents only increases their venom. Hitopadesa.

Good counsel without good fortune is a windmill without wind. Ger. Pr.

Good counsellors lack no clients. Meas. for Meas., i. 2.

Good courage breaks ill-luck. Pr.

Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers to make a fire next day. Sir T. Overbury.