(37 quotes found)
“Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!”
Contributed by: robert
James Thomson
“Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.”
“Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.”
“Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.”
“Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.”
“I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?”
“For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.”
“Ingratitude is treason to mankind”
“More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.”
“Gather the rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying, And that same flower that blooms today, tomorrow shall be dying”