His rod revers’d, And backward mutters of dissevering power.
But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone and never must return!
A bevy of fair women.
The conquer’d, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man’s cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion’s forelock watchful wait.
Virtue that wavers is not virtue, but vice revolted from itself, and after a while returning. The actions of just and pious men do not darken in their middle course.
Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above.
God sure esteems the growth and completing of one virtuous person, more that the restraint of ten vicious.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
A man may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so.
The pious and just honoring of ourselves may be thought the fountainhead from whence every laudable and worthy enterprise issues forth.
He who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declares as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best covenant of his fidelity.
No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality.
If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.
Hell has no benefits, only torture.
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.
My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.
Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart; Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.