...be More Guided By Hope Than Fear.

It Is A Great Matter To Be In Authority Over Others; For Authority, If It Be Rightly Used, Will Make You Feared Beyond Your Actual Resources.

As It Is Our Nature To Be More Moved By Hope Than Fear, The Example Of One We See Abundantly Rewarded Cheers And Encourages Us Far More Than The Sight Of Many Who Have Not Been Well Treated Disquiets Us.

By Numberless Examples It Will Evidently Appear That Human Affairs Are As Subject To Change And Fluctuation As The Waters Of The Sea Agitated By The Winds.

Ambition Is Not In Itself An Evil; Nor Is He To Be Condemned Whose Spirit Prompts Him To Seek Fame By Worthy And Honourable Ways.

I Know No Man Who Feels Deeper Disgust Than I Do At The Ambition, Avarice, And Profligacy Of The Priesthood, As Well Because Every One Of These Vices Is Odious In Itself, As Because Each Of Them Separately And All Of Them Together Are Utterly Abhorrent In Men Making Profession Of A Life Dedicated To God.