A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it. |
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. |
I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. |
The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. |
True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike. |
Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee. |
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. |