If Life Be Long, I Will Be

You Will Cast Away Your Cards And Dice When You Find The Sweetness Of Youthful Learning.

Above All Be Much In Secret Prayer And Meditation. By This You Will Fetch The Heavenly Fire That Must Kindle Your Sacrifice: Remember You Cannot Decline And Neglect Your Duty To Your Own Hurt Alone, Many Will Be Losers By It As Well As You.

If Life Be Long, I Will Be Glad, Tthat I May Long Obey; If Short, Yet Why Should I Be Sad, To Soar To Endless Day?

This Life Was Not Intended To Be The Place Of Our Perfection, But The Preparation For It.

To Live Among Such Excellent Helps As Our Libraries Afford, To Have So Many Silent Wise Companions Whenever We Please.