John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Francis Quarles. (1592–1644) (continued) |
| 2284 |
| This house is to be let for life or years; Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears. Cupid, ’t has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone. |
| Emblem 10, Ep. 10. |
| 2285 |
| The slender debt to Nature ’s quickly paid, 1 Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made. |
| Book ii. Emblem 13. |
| 2286 |
| The next way home ’s the farthest way about. 2 |
| Book iv. Emblem 2, Ep. 2. |
| 2287 |
| It is the lot of man but once to die. |
| Book v. Emblem 7. |
| George Herbert. (1593–1633) |
| 2288 |
| To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise. |
| Praise. |
| 2289 |
| Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky. |
| Virtue. |
| 2290 |
| Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie. |
| Virtue. |
| 2291 |
| Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives. |
| Virtue. |
| 2292 |
| Like summer friends, Flies of estate and sunneshine. |
| The Answer. |
| 2293 |
| A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and th’ action fine. |
| The Elixir. |
| 2294 |
| A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice. |
| The Church Porch. |
| Note 1. To die is a debt we must all of us discharge.—Euripides: Alcestis, line 418. [back] |
| Note 2. The longest way round is the shortest way home.—Bohn: Foreign Proverbs (Italian). [back] |