Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer.
Nothing in Nature, much less conscious being, Was e'er created solely for itself.
A strange alternative * * *Must women have a doctor or a dance?
Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.
When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees