It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.

I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm.

Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.

Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord, and be of good Cheer, and he shall strengthen thy Heart; wait, I say, on the Lord:' It is impossible to express the Comfort this gave me. In Answer, I thankfully laid down the Book, and was no more sad, at least, not on that Occasion.

For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.