"At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 417.

"All men think all men mortal but themselves."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 424.

"He mourns the dead who lives as they desire."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 24.

"And what its worth, ask death-beds; they can tell."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 51.

"Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 90.

""I 've lost a day!"--the prince who nobly cried, Had been an emperor without his crown."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 99.

"Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!"

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 112.

"The spirit walks of every day deceased."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 180.

"Time flies, death urges, knells call, Heaven invites, Hell threatens."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 292.

"Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 334.

"'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 376.

"Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 466.

"How blessings brighten as they take their flight!"

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 602.

"The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 633.

"A death-bed 's a detector of the heart."

Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 641.

"Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel."

Night Thoughts. Night iii. Line 63.

"Beautiful as sweet, And young as beautiful, and soft as young, And gay as soft, and innocent as gay!"

Night Thoughts. Night iii. Line 81.

"Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay; And if in death still lovely, lovelier there; Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love."

Night Thoughts. Night iii. Line 104.

"Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself That hideous sight,--a naked human heart."

Night Thoughts. Night iii. Line 226.

"The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, The deep damp vault, the darkness and the worm."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 10.

"Man makes a death which Nature never made."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 15.

"And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 17.

"Wishing, of all employments, is the worst."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 71.

"Man wants but little, nor that little long."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 118.

"A God all mercy is a God unjust."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 233.

"'T is impious in a good man to be sad."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 676.

"A Christian is the highest style of man."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 788.

"Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die."

Night Thoughts. Night iv. Line 843.

"By night an atheist half believes a God."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 177.

"Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhal'd and went to heaven."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 600.

"We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!"

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 627.

"Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 661.

"While man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 717.

"That life is long which answers life's great end."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 773.

"The man of wisdom is the man of years."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 775.

"Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow."

Night Thoughts. Night v. Line 1011.

"Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall."

Night Thoughts. Night vi. Line 309.

"And all may do what has by man been done."

Night Thoughts. Night vi. Line 606.

"The man that blushes is not quite a brute."

Night Thoughts. Night vii. Line 496.

"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."

Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 215.

"Prayer ardent opens heaven."

Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 721.

"A man of pleasure is a man of pains."

Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 793.

"To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain."

Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 1045.

"Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation."

Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 167.

"'T is elder Scripture, writ by God's own hand,-- Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by man."

Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 644.

"An undevout astronomer is mad."

Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 771.

"The course of Nature is the art of God."

Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 1267.

"The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart."

Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 51.

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

Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 89.

"Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies."

Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 145.