Thy Purpose Firm Is Equal To The Deed: Who Does The Best His Circumstance Allows Does Well, Acts Nobly

I 've lost a day!"--the prince who nobly cried, Had been an emperor without his crown.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 99...
He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 24...
The spirit walks of every day deceased.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 180...
A death-bed 's a detector of the heart.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 641...
How blessings brighten as they take their flight!
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 602...
Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 334...
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night viii, Line 215...
Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 466...
The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night ii, Line 633...