Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!
He who indulges his sense in any excesses renders himself obnoxious to his own reason; and, to gratify the brute in him, displeases the man, and sets his two natures at variance.
Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Every hour has its end.
In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven.
I did not myself set a high estimation on wealth, and had the affectation of most young men of lively imagination, who suppose that they can better dispense with the possession of money, than resign their time and faculties to the labour necessary to acquire it.