The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to betray the cause, in the vindication of which they have engaged their services.
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.
I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.