Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Mix
Mix, like bards, the useful with the sweet.
—Joel Barlow
Mix as mists do.
—Robert Browning
Mixed together like jackstraws.
—Irvin S. Cobb
Are mixed as the mist of some devilish dream.
—Rudyard Kipling
Mix them up
Like self-destroying poisons in one cup.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley