Meaning of “Come, my friends, ’Tis not too late to…”

Ulysses, in the closing address to the mariners.

As a Man Thinketh, “Visions and Ideals.”

The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit; Project Gutenberg #28163. The surrounding text describes evolution from “lower” to “higher” in spiritual terms; this is Trine’s philosophical-religious position, not a scientific law of human development.

If—, third stanza; the surrounding passage describes losing one’s winnings and beginning again.

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, discussion of beginning a programme of self-directed use of spare time. The sentence is practical encouragement within Bennett’s period self-improvement argument.

The Secret Garden (1911), Chapter X, “Dickon.” Mary tells Dickon that this is a secret garden and that she is the only person who wants it to be alive. The sentence belongs to Mary Lennox’s fictional discovery/care plot rather than to Burnett speaking autobiographically.