There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones.
Nature, so far as in her lies, imitates God.
A day may sink or save a realm.
Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.
Thoroughly to believe in one's own self, so one's self were thorough, were to do great things.
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.