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.
DEFEAT.
Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet,
Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.
The Unattained. E.O. SMITH.
At a frown they in their glory die.
The painful warrior, famousèd for fight,
After a thousand victories once foiled,
Is from the books of honor razed quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toiled.
Sonnet XXV. SHAKESPEARE.
What though the field be lost?
All is not lost; the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield.
And what is else not to be overcome.
Paradise Lost, Bk. I. MILTON.
Unkindness may do much;
And his unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love.
Othello, Act iv. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.