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

Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat, / And therefore let's be merry. G. Wither.

Hänge nicht alles auf einen Nagel—Hang not 30 all on one nail. Ger. Pr.

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. Mer. of Ven., ii. 9.

Hannibal ad portas—Hannibal is at the gates. Cic.

Hap and mishap govern the world. Pr.

Happiest they of human race, / To whom God has granted grace / To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, / To lift the latch and force the way; / And better had they ne'er been born, / Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Scott.

Happily to steer / From grave to gay, from 35 lively to severe. Pope.

Happiness consists in activity; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool. J. M. Good.

Happiness depends not on the things, but on the taste. La Roche.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked up in strangers' galleries. Douglas Jerrold.