How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings.