If Fortune Wishes To Make A Man

Common Sense Suits Itself To The Ways Of The World. Wisdom Tries To Confirm To The Ways Of Heaven.

Antiquity! I Like Its Ruins Better Than Its Reconstructions.

Proverbs May Be Said To Be The Abridgment Of Wisdom.

It Is Not My Words That I Polish, But My Ideas.

The Last Word Should Be The Last Word. It Is Like A Finishing Touch Given To Color; There Is Nothing More To Add. But What Precaution Is Needed In Order Not To Put The Last Word First.