DEEDS.
From this moment,
The very firstlings of my heart shall be
The firstlings of my hand. And even now,
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done.
Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
Count that day lost whose low descending sun
Views from thy hand no worthy action done.
Staniford's Art of Reading. Author Unknown.
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, with a great thing to pursue,
Dies ere he knows it.
A Grammarian's Funeral. R. BROWNING.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man
Would do.
Saul, XVIII. R. BROWNING.
From lowest place when virtuous things proceed,
The place is dignified by the doer's deed.
All's Well that Ends Well, Act ii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love.
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
Little Things. J.A. CARNEY.
I profess not talking: only this,
Let each man do his best.
Henry IV., Pt. I. Act v. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Things done well.
And with a care, exempt themselves from fear;
Things done without example, in their issue
Are to be feared.
Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
So much one man can do,
That does both act and know.
Upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. A. MARVELL.