Society, that first of blessings, brings with it evils death only can cure.
Can mortal prayers ensure immortal happiness?
Hope is slowly extinguished and quickly revived.
Benevolence, like religion, awes even those it cannot win.
How we are born to invent our own miseries!
Avarice is rarely the vice of youth.
How easy it is to be unknown!
Let us respect even error when it has its source in virtue.