Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-03-15
SAYINGS, AND WHO FIRST SAID
THEM.

Shakespeare furnish us with more of
these familiar sayings than any other
writer, for to him we owe: "All is not
gold that glitters," MAKE a virtue of
necessity" ''Screw your courage to a
sticking-place,' (not poinD. "They laugh
that win,' '.This is the short and long
of it" comparisons are odious,' "As
merry as the day is long," "a Daniel
come to judgment, "Frailty, thy name
is woman and hosts of others.
Washington Irving gives US s.The AL
mighty Dollar" Thomas Norton quer-
led long ago "What will Mrs. Grundy
say ?" while Goldsmith answers, "Ask
me no questions and I'll tell you no
fibs.' Charles G. Pickney millions
for defence, but not one cent for tribute" !"
'FFirst in war, first in peace, and first in
the hearts of his fellow-citizens, (not
countrymen), appeared in the resolutions
presented to the House of Representa-
tives in December, 179O, prepared by
Gen. Henry Lee.
From the same we Gull, s'Make assur-
ance doubly sure,'' christmas comes
but once a year" "Count their chickens
ere they are hatched," and "Look
before you leap"
Thomas Tasser, writer of the six
teenth century, gives US, "1t's an i'll
wind turns no good, 'Better late than
never" "Look ere thou leap" and "The
stone that is rolling can gather no moss. "
"All cry and no WOOL is found IN But
ler's "Hudibras.'
Dryden says: ''None but the brave
deserve the fair" "Men are but children
of larger growth" Through thick
and thin "No pent-up Utica con-
tracts our power" declared Jonathan
Sewell.
when Greeks join Greeks then was
the tug of war;" Nathaniel Lee, 1892.
"Of two evils | have chosen the
least" and 1.-The end must justify the
MEANS" are from Matthew Prior. We
are indebted to Colley Cibber for the
agreeable intelligence that "Richard is
himself again." johnson tells US Of
ga good hater," and Macintosh in
1871, the phrase often attributed to
John Randolph, "Wise and masterly in
activity"
'Variety's the very spice of life" and
"Not much the worse for wear" Cow
per. ''Man proposes, but God dispos
es,' Thomas Kempis.
Christopher NARROW gave forth the
invitation so often repeated by his broth
ers in a less public way, ''Love me little
love me long" Edward Cooke was o.
the opinion that "a mans house is his
castle" To Milton we owe 1.-The para
disc of FOOLS" ga wilderness of sweets,
and "Moping melancholy and moonstrucl
Madness
Edward Young tells US death loves
shining mark "a fool at forty is ;
fool indeed" but, alas for his knowledge
of human nature when he tells US ''Mal
wants little, nor that little long"
From Bacon comes knowledge i
power" and Thomas Southerne remind
US that "Pity's akin to love-" Dear
Swift thought that 'Bread is the stat
of life Campbell found that "Comins
events cast their shadows before" ant
"'Tis distance lends enchantment to tn
view." "a thing of beauty is jo..
forever is from Keats. Franklin said
''God helps them who help themselves,
and Lawrence Sterne comforts us wit
the thought, "God tempers the wind t
the shorn lamb.
Even some of the .slang' phrases Q
the day have a legitimate origin. "Put
ting your foot in it, IS certainly not
very elegant mode of expression, but
according to the "Asiatic Researches,
it is quite fine point of law; when tn
title to land is disputed IN Hindosta
two holes are dug in the ground an
used to encase limb of each lawyer (?)
and the one who tired first lost hi
clients case. Fancy, if you can, som
famous climbs of the law pleading i
such manner 1t is generally th
client who ''puts his foot in it"
When things are in disorder they al
often said to be turned topsy turvy thi
expression is derived from the way i
which turf used for fuel is placed
dry, the turf being turned downward
and the expression then means top-sid
: turfway.
Plutarch, in his life of Arcesilau
King of Sparta, gives US the origin of
quaint and familiar expression.
On certain occasion an embassadC
from Epirus, on diplomatic mission
was shown by the king over his capita
The ambassador knew Of the monarch
t fame-knew that though only nominal
J king of Sparta, be was yet ruler (
Greece-and he looked to see massi5
5 wall rearing aloft their embattled toy
f ers for the defence of the town but
. found nothing of the kind. He marve
! ed much at this, and spoke of it to Il