James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Herrick

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; / Nothing’s so hard, but search will find it out.

By time and counsel do the best we can: / Th’ event is never in the power of man.

Conquer we shall, but we must first contend; / ’Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.

Despair takes heart when there’s no hope to speed; / The coward then takes arms and does the deed.

Fame is the breath of popular applause.

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.

How rich a man is, all desire to know, / But none enquire if good he be or no.

Kings ought to shear, not skin their sheep.

Let’s live with that small pittance which we have; / Who covets more is evermore a slave.

Love’s of itself too sweet; the best of all / Is when love’s honey has a dash of gall.

Ne’er the rose without the thorn.

Nothing is new; we walk where others went; / There’s no vice now but has its precedent.

That man lives twice that lives the first life well.