Young
Young
prayer heaven path
Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.
pain leisure wheels
Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!
reflection practise
They only babble who practise not reflection
learning thinking training
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
disappointment age youth
In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.
ocean thoughtful silence
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.
ambition sky lows
They build too low who build beneath the skies.
motivation men may
And all may do what has by man been done.
time roots empires
Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root.
honesty men life-and-death
The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.
encouragement smoking quitting
Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!
revenge children fire
Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
death men thinking
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
death dying majesty
Virtue alone has majesty in death.