The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time!

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Haste is always ungraceful.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.