And when midst fallen London, they survey The stone where Alexander's ashes lay, Shall own with humbled pride the lesson must By Time's slow finger written in the dust.

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!

We may think all religions beneficial, and believe of one alone that it is true.

The well taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives; Casts round the world an equal eye, And feels for all that lives.

The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less and less vivid every time they occur, till at length the mind grows absolutely callous.