"To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker…"

"Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself."

"Ye tuneful cobblers! still your notes prolong, Compose at once a slipper and a song; So shall the fair your handiwork…"

"I can tell where my own shoe pinches me."

"The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else."

"Si calceum induisses, tum demum sentires qua parte te urgeret."

"Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big l…"

"I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon; If with an axe I seem cut out, The workman was no cob…"

"Marry because you have drank with the king, And the king hath so graciously pledged you, You shall no more be called …"

"A cobbler, * * * produced several new grins of his own invention, having been used to cut faces for many years togeth…"