Much learning shows how little mortals know much wealth, how little wordings enjoy. learning
By all means use some time to be alone. alone
Virtue alone has majesty in death. alone & death
The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. wisdom
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. learning
Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure. friendship
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. trust
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die. men
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. wisdom
Less base the fear of death than fear of life. death & fear
The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done. future
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. poetry
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. death
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. death