Quotes By Edward Young

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

A God all mercy is a God unjust.

All men think all men mortal, but themselves.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.

A friend is worth all hazards we can run.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

By all means use some time to be alone.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

None think the great unhappy, but the great.

A Christian is the highest style of man.

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Wonder is involuntary praise.

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.