Affliction Is The Wholesome Soil Of Virtue,

Affliction Is The Wholesome Soil Of Virtue, Where Patience, Honor, Sweet Humility, And Calm Fortitude, Take Root And Strongly Flourish.

I Courted Fame But As A Spur To Brave And Honest Deeds; Who Despises Fame Will Soon Renounce The Virtues That Deserve It.

O Grant Me, Heaven, A Middle State, Neither Too Humble Nor Too Great; More Than Enough, For Nature's Ends, With Something Left To Treat My Friends.

A Sovereign's Great Example Forms A People; The Public Breast Is Noble Or Vile As He Inspires It.

What Proves The Hero Truly Great,is Never, Never To Despair.