“The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.”

“What we find in our heroes and martyrs is a living witness to the fact that the true life of faith can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if one takes it on bravely and gallantly, as something of a grand adventure in which we set out into an unknown country to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.”

“The chamber where the good man meets his fate
Is privileg’d beyond the common walk
Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.”

“Be more careful in guarding against censure than against danger; for the wicked may well dread the end of life, but good men should dread ignominy during life. Strive by all means to live in security, but if ever it falls to your lot to face the dangers of battle, seek to preserve your life, but with honour and not with disgrace; for death is the sentence which fate has passed on all mankind, but to die nobly is the special honour with nature has reserved for the good.”

“Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate,
Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?”

“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”

“But at first we must necessarily meet with the inconveniences and difficulties and embarrassments incident to all changes of government. These will be felt in our postal affairs and changes in the channel of trade. These inconveniences, it is to be hoped, will be but temporary, and must be borne with patience and forbearance.”

“It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate awaiting them on this earth.”

“I am no ordinary woman, and born to a different fate. I would not go whimpering.”

“Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”