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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Think

Think of that, Master Brook.
Shakespeare.—Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III. Scene 5. (Falstaff to Ford.)

Those that think must govern those that toil.
Goldsmith.—The Traveller.

He is too disputable for my company; I think of as many matters as he; but I give Heaven thanks, and make no boast of them.
Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act II. Scene 5. (Jaques to Amiens.)

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow;
Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
Pope.—On Criticism, Line 438.

Ah! little think the gay licentious proud,
Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround.
Thomson.—Winter, Line 322.

Ah! little think they, while they dance along,
How many feel, this very moment, death,
And all the sad variety of pain.
Thomson.—Winter, Line 326.

Of death and judgment, heaven and hell
Who oft doth think, must needs die well.
Raleigh.—Pilgrimage.