| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| John Wolcot. (1738–1819) |
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| 1 | What rage for fame attends both great and small!
Better be damned than mentioned not at all. |
| To the Royal Academicians. |
| 2 | No, let the monarch’s bags and others hold
The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold. 1 |
| To Kien Long. Ode iv. |
| 3 | Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And every grin so merry draws one out. |
| Expostulatory Odes. Ode xv. |
| 4 | A fellow in a market town,
Most musical, cried razors up and down. |
| Farewell Odes. Ode iii. |
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