Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.
The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.