63 quotes found
Poet · English
English poet
“Time elaborately thrown away.”
“Friendship is the wine of life.”
“Friendship is the wine of life. ”
“The soft whispers of the God in man.”
“Procrastination is the thief of time.”
“The course of nature is the art of God.”
“The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.”
“A foe to God was never true friend to man”
“Affliction is a good man's shining time.”
“By all means use some time to be alone.”
“At thirty a man suspects himself a fool;Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;At fifty chides his infamous delay,Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve;In all the magnanimity of thoughtResolves; a...”
“For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme,Nor take her tea without a strategem.”
“Read nature nature is a friend to truth. ”
“Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.”
“The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.”
“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.”
“There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.”
“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.”
“By night an atheist half believes in God.”
“He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.”
“Faith is a bridge across the gulf of death.”
“Too low they build who build beneath the stars.”
