John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
George Madonald 1824-1905 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep or a kiss too long, And then comes a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. |
| Phantastes. |
| 2 |
| Where did you come from baby dear? Out of the everywhere into the here. |
| Baby. (Song in At the Back of the North Wind). |
| 3 |
| Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the skies as I came through. |
| Baby. (Song in At the Back of the North Wind). |
| 4 |
| We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and do obey. |
| Willie’s Question. |
| 5 |
| You would not think any duty small, If you yourself were great. |
| Willie’s Question. |
| 6 |
| The man that feareth, Lord, to doubt, In that fear doubteth thee. |
| The Disciple. |
| 7 |
| Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks. |
| The Marquess of Lossie. |
| 8 |
| A true friend is forever a friend. |
| The Marquess of Lossie. |