"There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired."

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

"A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs."

"The man that blushes is not quite a brute."

"Wishing of all employments is the worst."

"The purpose firm is equal to the deed."

"Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness."

"The course of Nature is the art of God."

"An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there."

"They only babble who practise not reflection."

"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

"Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die."

"By night an atheist half believes in a God."

"Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure."

"The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought."

"All men think that all men are mortal but themselves."

"Those who build beneath the stars build too low."

"One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame."

"Truth never was indebted to a lie."

"Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy."

"A man of pleasure is a man of pains."

"Less base the fear of death than fear of life."

"Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority."

"By all means use some time to be alone."

"The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss."

"How blessings brighten as they take their flight."

"The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done."

"A God all mercy is a God unjust."

"Read nature; nature is a friend to truth."

"A Christian is the highest style of man."

"The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety."

"Wonder is involuntary praise."

"The man that makes a character, makes foes."

"Virtue alone has majesty in death."

"The house of laughter makes a house of woe."

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform."

"A friend is worth all hazards we can run."

"Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed."

"All men think all men mortal, but themselves."