Integrity Is Praised, And Starves.

Death Alone Discloses How Insignificant Are The Puny Bodies Of Men.

Do Not Pluck The Beard Of A Dead Lion. [lat., Noli Barbam Vellere Mortuo Leoni.]

No Man Ever Became Very Wicked All At Once.

The Doings Of Men, Their Prayers, Fear, Wrath, Pleasure, Delights, And Recreations, Are The Subject Of This Book.

Rarely Do We Meet In One Combined, A Beauteous Body And A Virtuous Mind.