Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.

It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.

The victor is often vanquished by his own success.