Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Rev. James Wood
that waits long at the ferry will get over some time. Gael. Pr.
He that walketh uprightly walks surely. Bible.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Bible.
He that wants good sense is unhappy in having 45 learning, for he has thereby only more ways of exposing himself; and he that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it. Steele.
He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends. As You Like It, iii. 2.
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing. Sallust.
He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a very long head or a very short creed. Colton.
He that will carry nothing about him but gold will be every day at a loss for readier change. Pope.
He that will have his son have a respect for 50 him must have a great reverence for his son. Locke.
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. Fuller.
He that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. St. Peter.
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot, is a fool; and he that dare not, is a slave. Sir W. Drummond.
He that will not when he may, / When he will he shall have nay. Pr.
He that will not work shall not eat. Pr. 55
He that will to Cupar, maun to Cupar, i.e., he that will to jail, must to jail. Sc. Pr.
He that will watch Providence will never want a Providence to watch. Flavel.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow. Bible.
He that winna be counselled canna be helped. Sc. Pr.
He that winna save a penny will ne'er hae 60 ony. Sc. Pr.
He that won't plough at home won't plough abroad. Gael. Pr.
He that would be rich in a year will be hanged in half a year. Pr.
He that would be singular in his apparel had need of something superlative to balance that affectation. Feltham.
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of the hens. Pr.
He that would have his virtue published is not the servant of virtue, but of glory. Johnson.
He that would live in peace and rest / Must hear, and see, and say the best. Pr.
He that would reap well must sow well. 5 Pr.
He that would reckon up all the accidents preferments depend upon, may as well undertake to count the sands or sun up infinity. South.
He that would relish success to purpose should keep his passion cool and his expectation low. Collier.
He that would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible. Goethe.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Burke.
He that wrongs his friend / Wrongs himself 10 more, and ever bears about / A silent court of justice in his breast, / Himself the judge and jury, and himself / The prisoner at the bar, ever condemned. Tennyson.
He the cross who longest bears / Finds his sorrow's bounds are set. Winkworth.
He thinks no evil who means no evil. Gael. Pr.
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.
He thought as a sage though he felt as a man. J. Beattie.
He thought he thought, and yet he did not 15 think, / But only echoed still the common talk, / As might an empty room. Walter C. Smith.
He thought the World to him was known, / Whereas he only knew the Town; / In men this blunder still you find, / All think their little set—Mankind. Hannah More.
He travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by love. Sir P. Sidney.
He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, / And whistled as he went, for want of thought. Dryden.
He wants wit that wants resolved will. Two Gent. of Ver., ii. 6.
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. 20 Swift.
He was a man, take him for all in all, / I shall not look upon his like again. Ham., i. 2.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; / Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; / Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; / But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. Hen. VIII., iv. 2.
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew / His spirit, as the sun the morning dew. Dryden.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.
He was not of an age, but for all Time, / Sweet 25 Swan of Avon. Ben Jonson.
He was perfumed like a milliner, / And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held / A pouncet-box, which ever and anon / He gave his nose, and took 't away again. 1 Hen. IV., i. 3.
He was scant o' news that told that his father was hanged. Sc. Pr.
He was the Word that spake it; / He took the bread and brake it; / And what that Word did make it, / I do believe and take it. Dr. Donne.
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. Much Ado, i. 1.
He wha eats but (only) ae dish seldom needs 30 the doctor. Sc. Pr.
He who asks a favour for another has the confidence which a sense of justice inspires; while he who solicits for himself experiences all the embarrassment and shame of one appealing for mercy. La Bruyère.
He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin. Pr.
He who begins with trusting every one will end with estimating every one a knave. Hebbel.
He who breaks confidence has for ever forfeited it. Schopenhauer.
He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to 35 duty approaches sublimity. Lavater.
He who can conceal his joys is greater than he who can conceal his griefs. Lavater.
He who can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity or disgrace them by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank. Colton.
He who cannot bear foes deserves no friend. Schafer.