Let Flattery, The Handmaid Of The Vices,

Great Is Our Admiration Of The Orator Who Speaks With Fluency And Discretion.

Time Destroys The Speculation Of Men, But It Confirms Nature.

They Are Eloquent Who Can Speak Low Things Acutely, And Of Great Things With Dignity, And Of Moderate Things With Temper.

If A Man Cannot Feel The Power Of God When He Looks Upon The Stars, Then I Doubt Whether He Is Capable Of Any Feeling At All.

Death Approaches, Which Is Always Impending Like The Stone Over Tantalus: Then Comes Superstition With Which He Who Is Imbued Can Never Have Peace Of Mind.