Afflictions Clarify The Soul.

No Labor Is Hard, No Time Is Long, Wherein The Glory Of Eternity Is The Mark We Level At.

The Height Of All Philosophy Is To Know Thyself; And The End Of This Knowledge Is To Know God.

To Bear Adversity With An Equal Mind Is Both The Sign And Glory Of A Brave Spirit.

I Wish Thee As Much Pleasure In The Reading, As I Had In The Writing.

There Be Three Sorts Of Government--monarchical, Aristocratical, Democratical; And They Are Apt To Fall Three Several Ways Into Ruin--the First, By Tyranny; The Second, By Ambition; The Last, By Tumults. A Commonwealth Grounded Upon Any One Of These Is Not Of Long Continuance; But, Wisely Mingled, Each Guards The Other And Makes That Government Exact.