The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience. Dryden.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a man happy and unenvied. Bacon.
The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man, the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it, for the purity and courage which are immortal. Thoreau.
The foundations of man are not in matter, but in spirit. Emerson.
The fountain which from Helicon proceeds, / 20 That sacred stream, should never water weeds. Wall.
The fox puts off all with a jest. L'Estrange.
The fox thrives best when he is most curst. Pr.
The fraction of life can be increased in value not so much by increasing your numerator as by lessening your denominator. Nay, unless my algebra deceives me, unity itself divided by zero will give infinity. Carlyle.
The free man is he who is loyal to the laws of this universe; who in his heart sees and knows that injustice cannot befall him here; that, except by sloth and cowardly falsity, evil is not possible here. Carlyle.
The (French) Revolution was a revolt against lies, and against a betrayal of love. Ruskin. 25