Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Live
Live like a king.
—Anonymous
Live like a lord.
—Anonymous
Live like a prince.
—Anonymous
Live like fighting cocks.
—Anonymous
Will live together like two wanton vines.
—Beaumont and Fletcher
He would live like a lamp, to the last wink,
And crawl upon the utmost verge of life.
—John Dryden
I live in the town like a lion in his desert, or an eagle in his rock, too great for friendship or society, and condemned to solitude by unhappy elevation and dreaded ascendency.
—Dr. Samuel Johnson