Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
COMMON SAYINGS.
And who Ftrst said Thea.
Iondon World.

Many Of our common sayings, 90
trite and pithy, are used without the
least idea from whose mouth or pen
they first originated. Probably the
works of Shakespeare furnishes US with
more of these familiar maxims than
any other writer. for to him we owe:
"Ail is not gold that glitters.n "Make
a virtue of necessity" Screw your
courage to the sticking place" lnot
point, "They laugh that win,n "This
Is the short and long Oft" Compass.
sons are odious," "As merry a. the
day is long" IA Daniel come to judy
ment." "Frailty, thy name is wo-
man. and host Of Others.
Washington Irving gives US "The
Almighty Dollar" Thomas Morton
Gruudy say% while Goldsmith an.
swers, ASK me no questions and III
tell You no fibs." Charles G. Pinckney
gives "MilliOns for defense, but not one
cent for tribute" "Flrst In war, first
In peace, and first in the hearts OF his
feliow-citizens" mot countrymenl, ap.
peared in the resolutions presented TO
the house Of representatives in Decem-
Der, 1890, prepared by Gen. Henry
Lee.
From the same we Gull, make assur-
ance doubly sure,n "Christmas comes
but once year" "Count their chick
ems ere they are Matched" and "Look
before you leap"
Thomas Tasser, q writer Of the six.
tenth century, gives us TITS an Ill VIII
turns no good" Better late that never"
"I.ook ere thou leap" and 1.-THE stone
that is rolling can never gather 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 ,chil-
dren of larger growth" and Through
thick and thin" "No pent-up Utica
contracts our power" declared Jono.
than Sewell.
"Of two evils ! have chosen the
least,n and "The end must justify
the means" are from Matthew Pryor.
We are indebted to Colley Cibber fer
the agreeable intelligence that "Rich-
ard is himself again." johnson tells
us of "a good hater," and Macintosh,
in 1891, the phrase often attributed to
John Randolph: "Nyise and mastery
inactivity"
"Variety's the very spice Of liz" and
"Not much the worse for wear" Cow
per. "Man proposes, but God dis
roses," Thomas a kempis.
Christopher NARROW gave forth the
invitation so often repeated by his
brothers in less public way: Love
me little, love me long" Edward
Coke was of tie opinion that "a mans
house Is his castle" To Milton we
owe "The paradise Of fools" "A
wilderness Of sweets" and "Moping
melancholy and moonstruck mad
| ness"
Edward Young tells us Death loves
q shining mark" "a fool ut forty In n
fool indeed" but alas for his know
ledge of human nature when he tells
us Imam wants but little, nor that III
tie long"
From Bacon comes knowledge Ia
power,n and Thomas Southerne re-
minds us that "Pity's akin TO love-"
Dean Swift thought that BREAD IL the
staff of life." Campbell found that
"Coming events cast their shadows be.
fore" and otis distance lends enchant-
ment to the view" "a thing OF beauty
is a joy forever,u IL from Keats. Frank
lin said, "God helps them who help
themselves" and Lawrence Stefne
comforts us with the thought, "God
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb"
seven some of the "slang" phrases
Of the day have q legitimate origin.
Putting your foot in IT, 10 certainly
not q very elegant mode Of expression,
but according TO the Asiatic Researches,
it is quite fine point Of law; when
the title TO land is disputed In Hindoos.
tan, two holes are dug in the ground
and used to incase limb Of each law.
yer (?), and the one who tired first lost
his clients case. Fancy, II you can,
some of our famous climbs Of the law
pleading In such a manner! IL isgen-
orally the client who puts his foot In
it."
When things are in disorder they are
often said to he turned topsy-turvy;
this expression Is derived from the way
In which, turf used for fuel Is placed 70
dry, the turf being turned downward;
and the expression means topside turf.
way.