Be wise and quit the false sublime of life

Ye vain! desist from your erroneous strife;

Be wise, and quit the false sublime of life;

The true ambition there alone resides,

Where justice vindicates, and wisdom guides.

-- Edward Young

The love of praise

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art,

Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart;

The proud to gain it, roils and toils endure,

The modest shun it, but to make it sure.

-- Edward Young

Mind your manners

 

 

 

 In simple manners all the secret lies;

Be kind and virtuous, you'll be blest and wise.

-- Edward Young (1683-1765)

"N" Raises a Din

 

 

Vain show and noise intoxicate the brain

Begin with giddiness, and end in pain.

-- Edward Young

Iambs for "I"

 

On ev'ry thorn delightful wisdom grows,

In ev'ry stream a sweet instruction flows;

But some untaught o'erhear the whisp'ring rill,

Inspite of sacred leisure, blockheads still.

-- Edward Young