A Man may bear the want of Honours and Riches, before he has ’em, much
better then the Loss of them when he has obtain’d them. And they are
in short the Plagues of an Inconsiderate Life. He that wishes them for
the Common Good, and applies them when he has them, to that Generous
End, makes a Right Use of the Divine Providence and Bounty: But he that
seeks them for his own sake, and Converts them wholly to his own Profit,
Defrauds the Publick. As if a Man should apply an Estate that was made
over to him in Trust, to the wrong Uses.