John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Horae Smith 1779-1849 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Thinking is but an idle waste of thought, And nought is everything and everything is nought. |
| Rejected Addresses. Cui Bono? |
| 2 |
| In the name of the Prophet—figs. |
| Johnson’s Ghost. |
| 3 |
| And thou hast walked about (how strange a story!) In Thebes’s streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory. |
| Address to the Mummy at Belzoni’s Exhibition. |