Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.