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

Fond

Fond as cat is of milk.
—Anonymous

Fond as the miser is of his gold.
—Anonymous

Fond and sad as Juliet.
—Robert Bridges (American)

Fond as a bride.
—John Gay

Fond as hounds are of running after foxes.
—Thomas Hood

Fonder than ignorance.
—William Shakespeare

Fond of an old sweetheart as a brisk widow of her third husband.
—John Wilson