If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
The beggarly last doit.
Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head