How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.
To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.
The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.
The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.