They Make Glorious Shipwreck Who Are Lost

Did The Almighty, Holding In His Right Hand Truth, And In His Left Hand Search After Truth, Deign To Proffer Me The One I Might Prefer, In All Humility, But Without Hesitation, I Should Request Search After Truth.

They Make Glorious Shipwreck Who Are Lost In Seeking Worlds.

My God, Grant That My Bounty May Be A Clear And Transparent River, Flowing From Pure Charity, And Uncontaminated By Self-love, Ambition, Or Interest. Thanks Are Due Not To Me, But Thee, From Whom All I Possess Is Derived. And What Are The Paltry Gifts For Which My Neighbor Forgets To Thank Me, Compared With The Immense Blessings For Which I Have So Often Forgotten To Be Grateful To Thee!

A Blush Is The Sign Which Nature Hangs Out To Show Where Chastity And Honor Dwell.

To Borrow Scarce Is Better Than To Beg; As Lending, Lending Upon Interest, Scarce Better Is Than Stealing.