| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. | | | | Welcome |
| | A tableful of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish.
Shakespeare.—Comedy of Errors, Act III. Scene 1. (Antipholus of Ephesus to Balthazar.) | 1 |
Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.
Pope.—To Bethell, Sat. II. Line 161; The Odyssey, Book XV. Line 84; Ramage’s Greek Quotations, 299. | 2 |
To say you are welcome, would be superfluous.
Shakespeare.—Pericles, Act II. Scene 3. (Simonides to his friends.) | 3 |
Welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.
Shakespeare.—Troilus and Cressida, Act III. Scene 3. (Ulysses to Achilles.) | 4 | | |
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