| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | R. Southwell |
| | | Few have all they need, none all they wish. | 1 |
| He that high growth on cedars did bestow, / Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow. | 2 |
| In some things all, in all things none, are crossed. | 3 |
| Pikes are caught when little fish go by. | 4 |
| That net that holds no great, takes little fish. | 5 |
| The loom of Fortune weaves the fine and coarsest web. | 6 |
| We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; / Yet grass is green when flowers do fade away. | 7 |
| When sun is set the little stars will shine. | 8 | | |
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