| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Punch |
| | | Ignorance shuts its eyes and believes it is right. | 1 |
| It is with ideas as with pieces of money; those of least value generally circulate the best. | 2 |
| Never ask a favour of a man until he has had his dinner. | 3 |
| No one knows when he is well off. | 4 |
| Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumerable streams, and it is extremely difficult to trace it to its source. | 5 |
| Superstitions would soon die out if so many old women would not act as nurses to keep them alive. | 6 | | |
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