Rumor doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared.
This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbersâ¦. There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act v. Sc. 1.
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
By magic numbers and persuasive sound.
Round numbers are always false.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.