'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make An >>
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but o >>
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the pur >>
It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. >>
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. >>
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than >>
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.