Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.—Napoleon.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
—Shakespeare.
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.—Publius Syrus.
Innocence.—We have not the innocence of Eden; but by God's help and Christ's example we may have the victory of Gethsemane.—Chapin.
True, conscious honor, is to feel no sin;
He's arm'd without that's innocent within.
—Horace.
Innocence is a flower which withers when touched, but blooms not again, though watered with tears.—Hooper.
To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.—William Penn.
How many bitter thoughts does the innocent man avoid! Serenity and cheerfulness are his portion. Hope is continually pouring its balm into his soul. His heart is at rest, whilst others are goaded and tortured by the stings of a wounded conscience, the remonstrances and risings up of principles which they cannot forget; perpetually teased by returning temptations, perpetually lamenting defeated resolutions.—Paley.
Oh, keep me innocent; make others great!—Caroline of Denmark.
There are some reasoners who frequently confound innocence with the mere incapacity of guilt; but he that never saw, or heard, or thought of strong liquors, cannot be proposed as a pattern of sobriety.—Dr. Johnson.