David Tuvill ( 10 of 47 )
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.