An honest mans the noblest work of God. – Alexander Pope
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? – Alexander Pope

An honest mans the noblest work of God. – Alexander Pope
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? – Alexander Pope
Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can. – Alexander Pope
We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of quadrupeds. There can be but one explanation of this fact. We are passing from the animal into a higher form, and the drama of this planet is in its second act. – W. Winwood Reade