Familiar Quotations , 10th ed. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. Page 1050 Appendix. From an oration purporting to have been delivered by Samuel Adams at the State House in Philadelphia, Aug. 1, 1776. 10447 New departure.
Nothing succeeds like success.
A French proverb. It is used by Shakespeare, Middleton, Milton, Pope, Fielding, Crabbe, and others. Paying through the nose.