Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, ''Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.

The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.