| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Sir William Temple. (1628–1699) |
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| 1 | | Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed. |
| Ancient and Modern Learning. |
| 2 | | No clap of thunder in a fair frosty day could more astonish the world than our declaration of war against Holland in 1672. |
| Memoirs. Vol. ii. p. 255. |
| 3 | | When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. |
| Miscellanea. Part ii. Of Poetry. |
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