Edward Young
“How blessings brighten as they take their flight!”
“Unlearned men of books assume the care, as eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.”
“The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, reigns more or less in every heart.”
“The man that makes a character makes foes.”
“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.”
“A God all mercy is a God unjust.”
“Man wants little, nor that little long.”
“Wishing, of all employments, is the worst.”
“An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.”
“Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, in rayless majesty...”
“Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep!”
“Time flies, death urges, knells call, Heaven invites, Hell threatens.”
“Too low they build who build beneath the stars.”
“Friendship's the wine of life.”
“Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.”
“Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; small sands the mountain, moments make the year.”
“All men think all men mortal but themselves.”
“The bell strikes one. We take no note of time but from its loss.”
“Procrastination is the thief of time.”
“Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.”