| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Herrick |
| | | A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. | 1 |
| Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; / Nothing’s so hard, but search will find it out. | 2 |
| By time and counsel do the best we can: / Th’ event is never in the power of man. | 3 |
| Conquer we shall, but we must first contend; / ’Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end. | 4 |
| Despair takes heart when there’s no hope to speed; / The coward then takes arms and does the deed. | 5 |
| Fame is the breath of popular applause. | 6 |
| Gather the rosebuds while ye may, / Old Time is still a-flying, / And this same flower that smiles to-day, / To-morrow will be dying. | 7 |
| How rich a man is, all desire to know, / But none enquire if good he be or no. | 8 |
| Kings ought to shear, not skin their sheep. | 9 |
| Let’s live with that small pittance which we have; / Who covets more is evermore a slave. | 10 |
| Love’s of itself too sweet; the best of all / Is when love’s honey has a dash of gall. | 11 |
| Ne’er the rose without the thorn. | 12 |
| Nothing is new; we walk where others went; / There’s no vice now but has its precedent. | 13 |
| That man lives twice that lives the first life well. | 14 | | |
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