“Fame he weighes not, but esteemes a smoake, yet such as carries with it the sweetest odour, and riseth usually from the Sacrifice of our best actions.”

On the true source and value of reputation · Prose character of A Holy Man in Castara

• Fame
• Reputation
• Virtue

“He who is good is happy.”

Linking virtue directly to contentment · Prose character sketch in Castara

• Happiness
• Morality
• Virtue

“In prosperity he gratefully admires the bounty of the Almighty giver, and useth, not abuseth, plenty: but in adversity he remaines unshaken, and like some eminent mountain hath his head above the clouds.”

Portraying equanimity through fortune’s changes · Prose character of A Holy Man in Castara

• Adversity
• Faith
• Virtue