No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
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.
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.