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Self-Examination: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

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. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. IV. L. 249.

Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 136.