It Is Sheer Folly When All Is

Remote Though Your Farm May Be, It's Something To Be The Lord Of One Green Lizard-and Free.

The Care Of A Large Estate Is An Unpleasant Thing.

There Is Nothing Worse Than Words Of Kindness That Lie.

Common Sense Among Men Of Fortune Is Rare.

Dare To Do Something Worth Of Exile And Prison If You Mean To Be Anybody. Virtue Is Praised And Left To Freeze. [lat., Aude Aliquid Brevibus Gyaris Et Carcere Dignum Si Vis Esse Aliquis. Probitas Laudatur Et Alget.]