The world could not exist if it were not simple. This ground has been
tilled a thousand years, yet its powers remain ever the same; a little
rain, a little sun, and each spring it grows green again.--_Goethe._
The fairest lives, in my opinion, are those which regularly accommodate
themselves to the common and human model, without miracle, without
extravagance.--_Montaigne._
There is a majesty in simplicity which is far above the quaintness of
wit.--_Pope._
~Sin.~--Original sin is in us like the beard: we are shaved to-day, and
look clean, and have a smooth chin; to-morrow our beard has grown again,
nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth. In like manner
original sin cannot be extirpated from us; it springs up in us as long
as we exist; Nevertheless, we are bound to resist it to our utmost
strength, and to cut it down unceasingly.--_Luther._