"It (my book) is a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed between God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus, my Master, in whose service I have now found perfect freedom. (Maycock, A L, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding. SPCK, London, 1938)"

"Like summer friends, Flies of estate and sunneshine."

"A verse may finde him,who a sermon flies And turns delight into a sacrifice"

"Verse 1 Line 5&6"

"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee."

"Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it."

"My meaning (dear Mother) is in these sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in poetry, shall be all and ever consecrated to God's glory."

"By no means run in debt: take thine own measure. Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty."

"Do well and right, and let the world sink."

"Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie."

"Lines 175-177"

"Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer."

"Lines 241-242"

"Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy."

"Lines 307-308"

"Be useful where thou livest."

"Man is God's image; but a poor man is Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard."

"Lines 379-380"

"Chase brave employment with a naked sword Throughout the world."

"Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music."

"The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence."

"By all means use sometimes to be alone."

"Lines 1-14"

"Lines 77-78"

"Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?"

"Lines 1-10"

"Lines 25-28"

"Lines 6-10"

"Lines 17-18"

"Lines 13-16"

"Lines 1-12"

"Lines 109-110"

"Lines 139-140"

"Lines 21-24"

"Lines 55-60"

"Lines 22-26"

"Lines 33-36"

"Lines 13-15"

"Lines 18-20"

"Lines 36-42"

"Lines 19-22"