There Is Nothing God Cannot Do.

...the Counsels Of The Divine Mind Had Some Glimpse Of Truth When They Said That Men Are Born In Order To Suffer The Penalty For Sins Committed In A Former Life.

There Is, I Know Not How, A Certain Presage, As It Were, Of A Future Existence; And This Takes The Deepest Root, And Is Most Discoverable, In The Greatest Geniuses And Most Exalted Souls.

For Just As Some Women Are Said To Be Handsome Though Without Adornment, So This Subtle Manner Of Speech, Though Lacking In Artificial Graces, Delights Us.

As Fire When Thrown Into Water Is Cooled Down And Put Out, So Also A False Accusation When Brought Against A Man Of The Purest And Holiest Character, Boils Over And Is At Once Dissipated, And Vanishes.

An Intemperate, Disorderly Youth Will Bring To Old Age, A Feeble And Worn-out Body.