Desire to forsake the world. [ Proverb ]

God made no body to forsake him. [ Proverb ]

It is a manly act to forsake an error. [ Proverb ]

Dear eyes! - do not my heart forsake.
Shine, like the stars within the lake, -
Shine, and the darksome shadows break. [ Augustine J. H. Dugane ]

Silent companions of the lonely hour,
Friends, who can alter or forsake,
Who for inconstant roving have no power,
And all neglect, perforce, must calmly take. [ Mrs. Norton ]

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not. [ Bible ]

Spaniels that fawn when beaten will never forsake their masters. [ Proverb ]

Though the sauce be good, yet you need not forsake the meat for it. [ Proverb ]

The spaniel that fawns when he is beaten, will never forsake his master. [ Proverb ]

Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands. [ Dryden ]

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity, that will not forsake us. [ George Eliot ]

As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity. [ La Bruyere ]

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure. [ Sirach ]

Teeth, hair, nails, and the human species, prosper not when separated from their place. A wise man, being informed of this, should not totally forsake his native home. [ Hitopadesa ]

When I look upon the tombs of the great, every motion of envy dies; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsake me: when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I reflect how vain it is to grieve for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying beside those who deposed them, when I behold rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men who divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the frivolous competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. [ Addison ]