SCRATCHING

1. Scratching is one of the pleasantest gratifications of nature, especially with the hand.—MONTAIGNE, Essays
   

2. 'Tis better than riches to scratch when it itches.—Proverb
   

3. Scratch my head, Peaseblossom.—SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer-Night's Dream
   

4. She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch,
   Yet a sailor might scratch her where'er she did itch.—SHAKESPEARE, The Tempest
   

5. I would thou didst itch from head to foot and I had the scratching of thee.—SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida