Careful Words

smart (n.)

smart (v.)

smart (adv.)

smart (adj.)

Some of us will smart for it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.

  He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

Old Testament: Proverbs xi. 15.

Of all the girls that are so smart,

There's none like pretty Sally.

Henry Carey (1663-1743): Sally in our Alley.