But they will maintain the state of the world;
And all their desire is in the work of their read more

But they will maintain the state of the world;
And all their desire is in the work of their craft.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of
Hermes, that this visible world is but read more

The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of
Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the
invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in
equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in
that invisible fabric.

This restless world
Is full of chances, which by habit's power
To learn to bear is easier read more

This restless world
Is full of chances, which by habit's power
To learn to bear is easier than to shun.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.