Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in the hardest gripe of calamity never fails to yield to him beams of comfort. It is the presumptuous man's devil, which leads him a while in a smooth way, and then suddenly breaks his neck.
Owen FelthamTruth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.
Owen Feltham