In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Every man has his price.

Every man has his price.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.

For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.