Careful Words

amiss (v.)

amiss (adv.)

amiss (adj.)

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

George Crabbe (1754-1832): Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience.

For never anything can be amiss,

When simpleness and duty tender it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act v. Sc. 1.

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.