| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Aaron Hill |
| | | Gently, gently touch a nettle, / And it stings you for your pains; / Grasp it like a man of mettle, / And it soft as silk remains. | 1 |
| Man is the circled oak, woman the ivy. | 2 |
| Order, thou eye of action. | 3 |
| Reason gains all men by compelling none. | 4 |
| There is no merit where there is no trial; and, till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, faith for falsehood. | 5 |
| With women worth the being won, / The softest lover ever best succeeds. | 6 |
| Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme. | 7 | | |
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