It Is Better That Some Should Be

There Is No Being So Poor And So Contemptible, Who Does Not Think There Is Somebody Still Poorer, And Still More Contemptible.

Life Is Surely Given Us For Higher Purposes Than To Gather What Our Ancestors Have Wisely Thrown Away, And To Learn What Is Of No Value But Because It Has Been Forgotten.

About Things On Which The Public Thinks Long It Commonly Attains To Think Right.

Our Senses, Our Appetite, And Our Passions Are Our Lawful And Faithful Guides In Things That Relate Solely To This Life.

As Pride Sometimes Is Hid Under Humility, Idleness If Often Covered By Turbulence And Hurry.