“Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.”
“Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life.”
“It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.”
“A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.”
“annihilation will be unavoidable”
“Sometimes battles are unavoidable.”