The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.

...for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.-To be sure she must be an atheist!

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

He only who gave life has a power over it.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

What pleasure can those over-happy persons know, who, from their affluence and luxury, always eat before they are hungry and drink before they are thirsty?

Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.