Every Man Wishes To Be Wise, And

All This [wealth] Excludes But One Evil, Poverty.

Courtesy And Good-humour Are Often Found With Little Real Worth.

Idleness Is Often Covered By Turbulence And Hurry. He That Neglects His Known Duty And Real Employment Naturally Endeavours To Crowd His Mind With Something That May Bar Out The Remembrance Of His Own Folly, And Does Any Thing But What He Ought To Do With Eager Diligence, That He May Keep Himself In His Own Favour.

At Seventy-seven It Is Time To Be In Earnest.

What Provokes Your Risibility, Sir? Have I Said Anything That You Understand? Then I Ask Pardon Of The Rest Of The Company.