SURETY

Related Subjects: Certainty, Confidence, Insurance, Security

1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth.—Bible, Proverbs 6: 1, 2

2. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.—Bible, Proverbs 24:15
   

3. My son, if I, Hafiz, thy father, take hold of thy knees in my pain,
   Demanding thy name on stamped paper, one day or one hour—refrain.
   Are the links of thy fetters so light that thou cravest another man's chain?—KIPLING, Certain Maxims of Hafiz
   

4. Be surety for another and harm is at hand.—Proverb
   

5. One of the greatest in the Christian world
   Shall be my surety.—SHAKESPEARE, All's Well that Ends Well
   

6. But yet I'll make assurance doubly sure,
   And take a bond of fate.—SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth
   

7. Procure your sureties for your days of answer.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard II
   

8. Have pity; I'll be his surety.—SHAKESPEARE, The Tempest