my thoughts are sometimes better expressed by others.....

Where induſtry and perſeverance are joined to an upright intention, I believe, it will ſeldom be found that we have much cauſe to be diſpleaſed with the world. Succeſs, in a great degree, depends upon ourſelves ; and honeſty and exertion will, I am convinced, generally lead us to all that we ought reaſonably to hope for.