Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Sir John Denham

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Bashful as a Lenten lover.

Bashful as an egg at Easter.

Busy as the devil in a gale of wind.

Knowledge, like our blood, must circulate.