Procrastination is the thief of time.
Edward Young

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
Edward Young

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.
Edward Young

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young

Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more.
Edward Young

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
Edward Young

The course of Nature is the art of God.
Edward Young

The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.
Edward Young

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
Edward Young

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
Edward Young

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
Edward Young

The man that makes a character, makes foes.
Edward Young

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.
Edward Young

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
Edward Young

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
Edward Young

They only babble who practise not reflection.
Edward Young

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.
Edward Young

Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
Edward Young

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
Edward Young

Too low they build who build below the skies.
Edward Young