Edward Young

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

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

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

Wonder is involuntary praise.

A Christian is the highest style of man.

None think the great unhappy, but the great.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

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

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