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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Self-Examination |
| As I walk’d by myself, I talk’d to myself And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee. Barnard Barton—Colloquy with Myself. Appeared in Youth’s Instructor, Dec., 1826. | 1 |
| Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree. Herbert—The Temple. The Church Porch. Next to last stanza. | 2 |
| One self-approving hour whole years out-weighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas. Pope—Essay on Man. Ep. IV. L. 249. | 3 |
| Speak no more: Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 88. | 4 |
| Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know. Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 136. | 5 |
| Let not soft slumber close your eyes, Before you’ve collected thrice The train of action through the day! Where have my feet chose out their way? What have I learnt, where’er I’ve been, From all I’ve heard, from all I’ve seen? What have I more that’s worth the knowing? What have I done that’s worth the doing? What have I sought that I should shun? What duty have I left undone, Or into what new follies run? These self-inquiries are the road That lead to virtue and to God. Isaac Watts—Self Examination. | 6 |
| There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Wordsworth—The Excursion. Bk. IV. | 7 |
| ’Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them what report they bore to heaven: And how they might have borne more welcome news. Young—Night Thoughts. Night II. L. 376. | 8 |
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