Quotes by Young

Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene; Resumes them, to prepare us for the next.

— Young

Too low they build who build beneath the stars.

— Young

If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.

— Young

And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?

— Young

He weeps! the falling drop puts out the sun; He sighs! the sigh earth's deep foundation shakes. If in His love so terrible, what then His wrath inflamed?

— Young

Dark lattice! letting in eternal day!

— Young

Beware what earth calls happiness; beware All joys, but joys that never can expire.

— Young

Time flies, death urges, knells call, heaven invites, hell threatens!

— Young

What ardently we wish, we soon believe.

— Young

How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!

— Young

Much learning shows how little mortals know; Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.

— Young

          Humble love, And not proud reason, keeps the door of heaven; Love finds admission, where proud science fails.

— Young