“A foe to God was never true friend to man”

“By night an atheist half believes in God.”

“Affliction is a good man's shining time.”

“At thirty a man suspects himself a fool;Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;At fifty chides his infamous delay,Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve;In all the magnanimity of thoughtResolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same.”

“Suara hati adalah bisikan lembut Tuhan kepada manusia.”

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

“Menunda-nunda itu ibarat seorang pencuri waktu”