Immoderate Power, Like Other Intemperance, Leaves The

There Is A Desire Of Property In The Sanest And Best Men, Which Nature Seems To Have Implanted As Conservative Of Her Works, And Which Is Necessary To Encourage And Keep Alive The Arts.

Truth Sometimes Corner Unawares Upon Caution, And Sometimes Speaks In Public As Unconsciously As In A Dream.

Immoderate Power, Like Other Intemperance, Leaves The Progeny Weaker And Weaker, Until Nature As In Compassion Covers It With Her Mantle And It Is Seen No More.

Great Men Lose Somewhat Of Their Greatness By Being Near Us; Ordinary Men Gain Much.

Men, Like Nails, Lose Their Usefulness When They Lose Their Direction And Begin To Bend.