Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.
A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.
Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd.
Every cloud has a silver lining.