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Opportunity to be improved.—Shakespeare.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
⟨Which⟩, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
⟨Omitted⟩, all the voyage of their life
⟨Is⟩ bound in shallows, and in miseries.
⟨Which⟩, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
⟨Omitted⟩, all the voyage of their life
⟨Is⟩ bound in shallows, and in miseries.
Bitter Jesting.—Johnson.
⟨Of⟩ all the griefs that harrass the distress’d,
⟨Sure⟩ the most bitter, is a scornful jest.
⟨Fate⟩ never wounds more deep the gen’rous heart,
⟨Than⟩ when a blockhead’s insult points the dart.
⟨Sure⟩ the most bitter, is a scornful jest.
⟨Fate⟩ never wounds more deep the gen’rous heart,
⟨Than⟩ when a blockhead’s insult points the dart.
Pride.—Pope.
⟨Of⟩ all the causes which conspire to blind
⟨Man’s⟩ erring judgment, and misguide the mind,
⟨What⟩ the weak head with strongest bias rules,
⟨Is⟩ Pride, the never-failing voice of fools.
⟨Man’s⟩ erring judgment, and misguide the mind,
⟨What⟩ the weak head with strongest bias rules,
⟨Is⟩ Pride, the never-failing voice of fools.
Love and Esteem better than Riches.—Pope.
⟨To⟩ whom can riches give repute or trust,
⟨Content⟩ or pleasure, but the good and just!
⟨Judges⟩ and senates have been bought for gold,
⟨Esteem⟩ and love were never to be sold.
⟨Content⟩ or pleasure, but the good and just!
⟨Judges⟩ and senates have been bought for gold,
⟨Esteem⟩ and love were never to be sold.
Vanity of Man—Gay.
⟨Ah!⟩ what is life! with ills encompass’d round,
⟨Amidst⟩ our hopes, fate strikes the sudden wound:
⟨To-day⟩, the statesman of new honour dreams,
⟨To-morrow⟩, death destroys his airy schemes.
⟨Amidst⟩ our hopes, fate strikes the sudden wound:
⟨To-day⟩, the statesman of new honour dreams,
⟨To-morrow⟩, death destroys his airy schemes.
Social Nature of Man—Cowper.
God, working ever on a social plan,
By various ties attaches man to man:
He made at first, though free and unconfin'd,
One man the common father of the kind.
By various ties attaches man to man:
He made at first, though free and unconfin'd,
One man the common father of the kind.
Mutual influence of Vice and Errour.—Cowper.
Faults in the life breed errour in the brain;
And these, reciprocally, thoſe again.
The mind and conduct mutually imprint
And stamp their image in each other's mint.
And these, reciprocally, thoſe again.
The mind and conduct mutually imprint
And stamp their image in each other's mint.
The Sower.—Thomson.
While thro' the neighb'ring fields the sower stalks,
With measur'd step; and lib'ral throws the grain
Into the faithful bosom of the ground:
The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene.
With measur'd step; and lib'ral throws the grain
Into the faithful bosom of the ground:
The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene.
Love of Solitude.—Tickell.
Sweet ſolitude, when life's gay hours are past;
Howe'er we range, in thee we fix at last;
Toss'd through tempestuous ſeas, the voyage o'er,
Pale we look back, and bleſs thy friendly shore.
Howe'er we range, in thee we fix at last;
Toss'd through tempestuous ſeas, the voyage o'er,
Pale we look back, and bleſs thy friendly shore.
Want of Reflection.—Melmoth.
The mind not taught to think, no useful store
To fix reflection, dreads the vacant hour,
Turn'd on itself, its num'rous wants are seen,
And all the mighty void that lies within.
To fix reflection, dreads the vacant hour,
Turn'd on itself, its num'rous wants are seen,
And all the mighty void that lies within.
