The proper study of Mankind is Man.

Who dare to love their country, and be poor.

Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.

Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.