LITTLE THINGS

Related Subject: Trifles

1. A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.—AESOP, The Fisher and the Little Fish
   

2. Little by little does the trick.—AESOP, The Crow and the Pitcher
   

3. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.—Bible, Luke 16:10
   

4. Little drops of water, little grains of sand,
   Make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
   So the little moments, humble though they be,
   Make the mighty ages of eternity.—JULIA CARNEY, Little Things
   

5. Little things affect littleminds.—DISRAELI, Sybil
   

6. Large streams from little fountains flow,
   Tall oaks from little acorns grow.—DAVID EVERETT
   

7. A little house well filled, a little land well tilled, and a little wife well willed, are great riches.—Proverb

8. Little things attract light minds.—Proverb
   

9. A whole bushel of wheat is made up of single grains.—Proverb
   

10. It is better to have a little than nothing.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
    

11. Thought she be but little, she is fierce.—SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer-Night's Dream
    

12. He that high growth on cedars did bestow,
    Gave also lowly mushrumps leave to grow.—ROBERT SOUTH WELL, Scorn Not the Least
    

13. Hereby I learned have, not to despise,
    Whatever thing seemes small in common eyes.—EDMUND SPENSER, Visions of the Worlds Vanitie
    

14. Forgive us all our trespasses,
    Little creatures, everywhere!—JAMES STEPHENS, Little Things