Conquer Thyself, Till Thou Has Done This,

How Melancholy A Thing Is Success. Whilst Failure Inspirits A Man, Attainment Reads The Sad Prosy Lesson That All Our Glories "are Shadows, Not Substantial Things." Truly Said The Sayer, "disappointment Is The Salt Of Life" A Salutary Bitter Which Strengthens The Mind For Fresh Exertion, And Gives A Double Value To The Prize.

Do What Thy Manhood Bids Thee Do, From None But Self Expect Applause. He Noblest Lives And Noblest Dies Who Makes And Keeps His Self-made Laws.

The Men Were Wild As Ourang-outans, And The Women Fit Only To Flog Cattle.

All So-called Revealed Religions Consist Mainly Of Three Portions, A Cosmogony More Or Less Mythical, A History More Or Less Falsified, And A Moral Code More Or Less Pure.

The More I Study Religions The More I Am Convinced That Man Never Worshipped Anything But Himself.