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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Mistress

Mistresses, like friends, are lost by letting ’em handle your money.
—Sir John Vanbrugh

Mistresses are like books. If you pore upon them too much, they doze you, and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly you are the fitter for conversation by ’em.
—William Wycherley