Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
Men are joined by conviction, sundered by opinion.
Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World
Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.
To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous.