Young
Young
night world majesty
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
time loss bells
The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss.
friendship
And friend received with thumps upon the back.
believe wish belief
What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
strong wine lost-friendship
Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
inspirational sweet flow
On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
character men he-man
The man that makes a character, makes foes.
wish employment worst
Wishing of all employments is the worst
despise thyself
Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise
peace archer moon
Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn.
might ifs knows
Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?
men mind language
Where Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to conceal the mind.
age action life-is
In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries the burden of age without the wages of experience; nor knows himself old, but from his infirmities, the parish register, and the contempt of mankind. And age, if it has not esteem, has nothing.
mistake men bears
Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "That all men are about to live."