| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Douglas Jerrold |
| | | Clamored … as though a besieging foe was in the house. | 1 |
| A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims. | 2 |
| Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged. | 3 |
| Love’s like the measles—all the worse when it comes late in life. | 4 |
| Panting, like a run-down hare. | 5 |
| Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. | 6 |
| Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader. | 7 |
| Troubles are like babies—they only grow by nursing. | 8 |
| Wedlock’s like wine,—not properly judged of till the second glass. | 9 |
| Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances. | 10 |
| Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit. | 11 | | |
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