Company. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Company


It is certain that either wise bearing, or ignorant carriage, is caught as men take diseases, one of another; therefore, let men take heed of their company. Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part II. Act V. Scene 1. (Falstaff solus.)	1
Get thee gone; I see thou art not for my company. Shakespeare.—Titus Andronicus, Act III. Scene 2. (Titus to Marcus.)	2
Is all our company here? Shakespeare.—Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I. Scene 2. (Quince to Bottom.)	3
I thank you for your company; but, good faith, I had as lief have been myself alone. Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act III. Scene 2. (Jaques to Orlando.)	4
Catius is ever moral, ever grave, Thinks who endures a knave, is next a knave, Save just at dinner—then prefers, no doubt, A rogue with venison, to a saint without. Pope.—Moral Essays, Epi. I. To Temple, Line 77.	5
Preferring, with a soul as black as soot, A rogue on horseback to a saint on foot. Wolcot.—The Lousiad, Canto I.	6
A pleasant companion is as good as a coach. Swift.—The Tripos, Act III. (Jucundus comes est pro vehiculo.)	7
Company, villanous company, hath been the spoil of me. Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part I. Act III. Scene 3. (Falstaff to Bardolph.)	8