Quotes by David Mallet

• Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee.
• Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
• True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.
• A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it.
• I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.
• Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
• The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.