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

Early birds catch the worms. Sc. Pr.

Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew, / She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven. Young.

Early master soon knave (servant). Sc. Pr.

Early start makes easy stages. Amer. Pr. 35

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Pr.

Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed / Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. Tennyson.

Earnest and sport go well together. Dan. Pr.

Earnestness alone makes life eternity. Goethe.

Earnestness in life, even when carried to an 40 extreme, is something very noble and great. W. v. Humboldt.

Earnestness is a quality as old as the heart of man. G. Gilfillan.