Yet still we hug the dear deceit. [ Nathaniel Cotton ]

Old men that dandle madams hug death. [ Proverb ]

To hug one as the devil hugs a witch. [ Proverb ]

Hug thou the shore, let others stand out to sea. [ Virgil ]

If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms. [ William Shakespeare ]

Fun gives you a forcible hug, and shakes laughter out of you, whether you will or no. [ Garrick ]

Of all the riches that we hug, of all the pleasures we enjoy, we can carry no more out of this world than out of a dream. [ Bonnell ]

If you seek warmth of affection from a similar motive to that from which cats and dogs and slothful persons hug the fire, you are on the downward road. [ Thoreau ]