| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | George Chapman |
| | | Cures are like causes in law, which may be lengthened or shortened at the discretion of the lawyer. | 1 |
His deeds inimitable, like the sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor prints of precedent for poor men’s facts. | 2 |
| As cedars beaten with continual storms, so great men flourish. | 3 |
| Melt like two hungry torrents. | 4 |
| Plain as truth. | 5 |
| Spread like wild-geese. | 6 |
| Start like sparkles from a fire. | 7 |
| Thick like two hungry torrents. | 8 |
| Wholesome as the morning air. | 9 | | |
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