“Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene”

“Think naught a trifle, though it small appear:Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,And trifles life.”

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

“We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?”

“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.”

“A thief believes everybody steals.”

“By night an atheist half believes in God.”