Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-23

Many of our common savings, so trite
and pithy, are used without the least idea
from whose mouth or pen they first orig
| mated Probably the works of Shake
speare furnish rs with more of these fa-
miliar maXims than any other writer, for
to him We owe ''All is not gold that
glitters," Make virtue of necessity,
Screw your courage to the sticking
place" mot point, They laugh that win,
This is the short and long Of it. =" ''Com-
parsons are odious," AS merry as the
day is long, "A Daniel come TO judg-
ment, ''Frailty, thy name is Woman,
and n host of others.
Washington Irving gives us The AL
mighty Dollar Thomas Morton queried
long ago ''What will Mrs Grundy say o.
while Goldsmith answers, Ask me no
| questions and I'll tell you no fibs. -
Charlie. c. Pickney gives Millions for
defence, but not one cent for tribute, -
First i'll war, first i'll peace, and first i'll
| the hearts of his fellow-citizens" mot
countrymen), appeared in the resolutions
presented to the House of Representatives
in December, 1890, prepared by Gen
Henry Lee.
From the same we Gull, Make assur-
ance doubly sure" Christmas comes
but once year, Count their chickens
ere they are Matched" and Look before
You leap"
Thomas Tasser, writer Of the six
tenth century. gives us. Its 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 Buffers
''Huthbras."
DRYDEN says None but the brave de
serve the fair" Men are children of
larger growth, and Through thick and
thin" No pent-up Utica contracts onr
power" declared Jonathan Sewell
when Greeks Join Greeks then was
the tug of war" Nathaniel Lee, 1852.
'.Of two evils have chosen the least, "
and The end must justify the means,
are from Matthew Prior We are indebt-
al to Cooley. Cibber for thea agreeable intel
ligence that Richard is himself again.
johnson tells us Of A good batter. and
Macintosh in 1871. the phrase often at
iributed to John Randolph, Wise and
mastery inactivity.
Variety the very sPIrt "f lilt. and
Not much the worse for wear. Cnwper
Man proposes, but God dlsposes.
Thomas Il keInpis.
Christopher Marlowe gave forth the
invitation SO often repeated by his broth
crs in II less public way. love me little,
love me long" Edward Coke Wa, "f the
opinion that ~ man huusti l., his castle.
To Milton Weowe "rhe paradise Of fools,
a Wilderness Of Sweets, and "Mnpiag
mrlanrhulv and muonstruch madness.
Edward Young tells ms Death loves n .
shining mark, ~ fool at forty is fool |
indeed" hut. alas. Ter his know ledge of /
human nature when he tells us Man
wants hut little. nor that little long.
From Bacon comes knowledge Is
power" and Thomas Southernc reminds
las that PHYS akin To- love" Dean Swift
thought that Bread i4 the staff
Of life. o." Campbell found that
Coming, events east their shad-
ows hcfue," and Ills distant lends
,nchuntmcnt Ia thu view. ~ thing of
beauty Is joy forever, is from Keats.
Franklin sand, God helps Them who
help thcmsclvs," anal Laurence Ste rne
us with the Thought, God
trmpcrs the win to the shorn lamb
Even some of the slang phrases of the
day have legitimate origin. Putting
vour foot in IT, is certainly not very
elegant mode Of expression. but according
To the ''Asintic Researches. ii is quite
line point uf .4w; when the title to land
~ disputed III llIndustan, two holes are
dug IN the ground and used Ia iucas;'
limb of each lawyer ~, and the one who
tired first lost his c!ients ease Fancy.
if ynu can, some at our famous limbs of
the law pleading III such manner, Ii
Is generally the client NJ Inn ssput, ntS fpIt