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 merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Bible.

A merveille—To a wonder. Fr. 25

Am Golde hängt doch Alles—On gold, after all, hangs everything. Margaret in "Faust."

Amici, diem perdidi—Friends, I have lost a day. Titus (at the close of a day on which he had done good to no one).

Amici probantur rebus adversis—Friends are proved by adversity. Cic.

Amici vitium ni feras, prodis tuum—Unless you bear with the faults of a friend, you betray your own. Pub. Syr.

Amico d'ognuno, amico di nessuno—Everybody's 30 friend is nobody's friend. It. Pr.

Amicorum esse communia omnia—Friends' goods are all common property. Pr.

Amicum ita habeas posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias—Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew he may one day become your enemy. Laber.

Amicum perdere est damnorum maximum—To lose a friend is the greatest of losses. Syr.