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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Rocket |
| Goes up like a rocket, comes down like a stick. | 1 |
| The final event to himself (Mr. Burke) has been, that as he rose like a rocket he fell like a stick. Thomas Paine. | 2 |
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