These Are The Effects Of Doting Age,--vain

The Fortitude Of A Christian Consists In Patience, Not In Enterprises Which The Poets Call Heroic, And Which Are Commonly The Effects Of Interest, Pride And Worldly Honor.

Let Cheerfulness On Happy Fortune Wait.

Virtue Without Success Is A Fair Picture Shown By An Ill Light; But Lucky Men Are Favorites Of Heaven; All Own The Chief, When Fortune Owns The Cause.

God Never Made His Work For Man To Mend.

Bold Knaves Thrive Without One Grain Of Sense, But Good Men Starve For Want Of Impudence.