Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Nice

As nice as a nun’s hen.

He is more nice than wise.

Nothing so nasty as a nice man.Dean Swift.

To undo crosses in a straw loft. (To part all the straws that they may not lie cross-wise, i.e., to be over nice.)Spanish.

Who is over nice loses many a slice.German.