Moral Essays. Epistle i. Line 39.
Not always actions show the man; we find
Who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
Moral Essays. Epistle i. Line 109.
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave,
He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:
Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,—
His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.
Moral Essays. Epistle i. Line 115.
'T is from high life high characters are drawn;