WATCHFULNESS

Related Subjects: Attention, Caution, Interest, Preparedness, Prudence

1. Watchman, what of the night?—Bible, Isaiah 21:11
   

2. For some must watch, while some must sleep:
   So runs the world away.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

3. She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse.—SWIFT, Polite Conversation
   Timepieces
   

4. "Walr," said the captain, .. . "a parting gift, my lad. Put it back half an hour every morning, and about another quarter towards the arternoon, and it's a watch that'll do you credit."—DICKENS, Dombey & Son
   

5. Ever out of frame,
   And never going aright, being a watch,
   But being watch'd that it may still go right!—SHAKESPEARE, Love's Labour's Lost
   

6. And perchance wind up my watch.—SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night