His worth is warrant for his welcome.
I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a
place till some certain shot be paid and the
hostess say "Welcome!"
Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act II. Sc. 5. L. 3.
WHIP-POOR-WILL
Irving—Sketch Book. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. </poem>
Where deep and misty shadows float
In forest's depths is heard thy note.
Like a lost spirit, earthbound still.
Art thou, mysterious whip-poor-will.
Marie Le Baron—The Whip-Poor-Will.
WICKEDNESS
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
| author = Beaumont and Fletcher
| work = A King and No
King. Act V. Sc. 4.
Animi Iabes nee diuturnitate vanescere nee
omnibus ullis elui potest.
z Mental stains can not be removed by time,
nor washed away by any waters.
Cicero—De Legihus. II. 10.
All wickedness is but little to the wickedness
of a woman.
Ecclesiasticus. XXV. 19.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
| author = Longfellow
| work = Hyperion. Ch. VII. Bk. I.
Destroy his fib, or sophistry—in vain!
The creature's at his dirty work again.
| author = Pope
| work = Prologue to the Satires. L. 91.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but
the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs. XXVIII. 1.
As saith the proverb of the Ancients,
Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked.
/ Samuel. XXIV. 13. David to Saul. Said
to be the oldest proverb on record.
Are you call'd forth from out a world of men,
To slay the innocent?
Richard III. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 186.
O cseca nocentum consilia!
O semper timidum scelus!
Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
Statius—Thebais. II. 489.
'Cause I's wicked,—I is. l's mighty wicked,
anyhow, I can't help it.
Harriet Beecher Stowe—Uncle Tom's
Cabin. Ch. XX.
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WIFE
(See also Husband, Matrimony)
She would rather be an old man's darling than
a young man's warling.
Harrison Ainsworth—Miser's Daughter. Bk. III. Ch. XV. Swift—Polite Conversation. Dialog. I. Also in Camden's Remaines. P. 293. (Ed. 5.) Ram Alley. Act II. Sc. 1. of Hazlttt's Dodsley.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions
for middle age; and old men's nurses.
Bacon—Of Marriage and Single Life.
Now voe me I can. zing on my business abrode:
Though the storm do beat down on my poll,
There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my
road,
An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul.
William Barnes—Don't Ceare. St. 5.
And while the wicket falls behind
Her steps, I thought if I could find
A wife I need not blush to show
I've little further now to go.
William Barnes—Not Far to Go.
My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met!
And has that thought been shared by thee?
Ah, no! that smiling cheek
Proves more unchanging love for me
Than laborM words could speak.
Thos. Hatnes Bayly—To My Wife.
Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.
G. W. Bethune—To My Wife.
So bent on self-6anctif ying,—
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.
Robert Buchanan—Fra Giacomo.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
Baron Christian von Bunsen—To his wife.
When dying at Bonn. (1860) Found in
Life of Baron Bunsen. Vol. II. P. 389.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Burns—Henpecked Husband.
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine. •
Burns—My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing.
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!
Byron—The Bride of Abydos. Canto U. St.
20.
Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's
the moon, and thou art the man in the moon.
Congueve—Love for Love. Act II. Sc. 1.
