Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle.
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.