Altho' I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratify the curiosity of your daughter; and may the
fortitude with which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a useful lesson for the support of those which may befall her in her own.
"I knew your
fortitude would give out after a while," said the American Statesman, delighted; "your agony attests my political power."
Yet, for all his hardy sobriety and
fortitude, there were certain qualities in him which at times affected, and in some cases seemed well nigh to overbalance all the rest.
I long to be made known to your dear little children, in whose hearts I shall be very eager to secure an interest I shall soon have need for all my
fortitude, as I am on the point of separation from my own daughter.
The virtue of prosperity, is temperance; the virtue of adversity, is
fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue.
If the case should only be, that he MIGHT lay it down, unless continued by a new choice, and if he should be desirous of being continued, his wishes, conspiring with his fears, would tend still more powerfully to corrupt his integrity, or debase his
fortitude. In either case, feebleness and irresolution must be the characteristics of the station.
He owned there was something which at first sight appeared like
fortitude in the action; but as
fortitude was a virtue, and falsehood a vice, they could by no means agree or unite together.
She watched, observed, reflected, and finally determined that this was not a case of
fortitude or of resignation only.
Long letters from her, quickly succeeding each other, arrived to tell all that she suffered and thought; to express her anxious solicitude for Marianne, and entreat she would bear up with
fortitude under this misfortune.
Beyond a line or two, to say that I was well, and had arrived at such a place, I had not had
fortitude or constancy to write a letter since I left home.
She may be saved by your efforts, by your resource and
fortitude bearing up against the heavy weight of guilt and failure.
Thus, for instance, courage was intended to inspire
fortitude, not to get money by; neither is this the end of the soldier's or the physician's art, but victory and health.