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

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

William Penn


Watch against anger; neither speak of it nor act in it; for, like drunkenness, it makes a man a beast, and throws people into desperate inconvenience.	1
A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.	2
A passionate man is like a weak spring, that cannot stand long locked.	3