Nothing Can Be Truly Great Which Is

We Love To Expect, And When Expectation Is Either Disappointed Or Gratified, We Want To Be Again Expecting.

Labor, If It Were Not Necessary For Existence, Would Be Indispensable For The Happiness Of Man.

To Have The Management Of The Mind Is A Great Art, And It May Be Attained In A Considerable Degree By Experience And Habitual Exercise.

Present Opportunities Are Neglected, And Attainable Good Is Slighted, By Minds Busied In Extensive Ranges And Intent Upon Future Advantages.

The Trappings Of A Monarchy Would Set Up An Ordinary Commonwealth.