True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.
Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves.
To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed upon us by the law. It is a rule imposed upon us by reason, which should be the sovereign law of a rational being.