Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault, be condemned, If guiltless?

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

To live a life half dead, a living death.