Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.