Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Title

The title of knight, on the back of a knave, is like a saddle upon a sow.
—Alexander Brown

Titles of honor are like impressions on coin, which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.
—Laurence Sterne

Titles and birth, like diamonds from the mine,
Must by your worth be polish’d ere they shine.
—William Whitehead