When money's taken, / Freedom's forsaken. Pr.
When musing on companions gone, / We doubly feel ourselves alone. Scott.
When nations are to perish in their sins, / 'Tis in the Church the leprosy begins; / The priest, whose office is, with zeal sincere, / To watch the fountain and preserve it clear, / Carelessly nods and sleeps upon the brink, / While others poison what the flock must drink. Cowper.
When Nature fills the sails, the vessel goes 30 smoothly on; and when judgment is the pilot, the insurance need not be high. Sir T. Browne.
When Nature is sovereign there is no need of austerity or self-denial. Froude.
When Nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. Emerson.
When need is highest, help is nighest. Ger. Pr.
When neither he to whom we speak nor he who speaks to us understands, that is metaphysics. Voltaire.
When nothing is enjoyed, can there be greater 35 waste? Thomson.
When on life we're tempest driven, / A conscience but a canker, / A correspondence fixed wi' heaven / Is sure a noble anchor. Burns.