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

Punch

A woman’s heart, like the moon, is always changing, but there is always a man in it.

Innocence is like an umbrella: when once we’ve lost it we must never hope to see it back again.

True merit, like the pearl inside the oyster, is content to remain quiet until it finds an opening.

Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumerable streams, but it is extremely difficult to trace it to its source.