Many Great Actions Are Committed In Small

During A Wise Man's Whole Life, His Destiny Holds His Philosophy In A State Of Siege.

Success Is An Ugly Thing. Men Are Deceived By Its False Resemblances To Merit.... They Confound The Brilliance Of The Firmament With The Star-shaped Footprints Of A Duck In The Mud.

At A Certain Depth Of Distress, The Poor, In Their Stupor, Groan No Longer Over Evil, And Are No Longer Thankful For Good.

Be Like The Bird Who, Pausing In Her Flight Awhile On Boughs Too Slight, Feels Them Give Way Beneath Her, And Yet Sings, Knowing She Hath Wings.

For, To Make Deserts, God, Who Rules Mankind, Begins With Kings, And Ends The Work By Wind.