God never made his work for man to mend.
The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor.
Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.
What passion cannot music raise and quell!