Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, / Make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. / Thus the little minutes, humble though they be, / Make the mighty ages of eternity. F. S. Osgood.

Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised. Pr.

Little fishes should not spout like whales. Pr. 15

Little flower—if I could understand / What you are, root and all, and all in all, / I should know what God and man is. Tennyson.

Little folks like to talk about great folks. Pr.

Little gear, less care. Sc. Pr.

Little griefs are loud, great sorrows are silent. Pr.

Little is done when every man is master. Pr. 20

Little joys refresh us constantly, like house-bread, and never bring disgust; and great ones, like sugar-bread, briefly, and then with satiety. Jean Paul.

Little kingdom is great household, and great household little kingdom. Bacon.