The Lot Of Man - To Suffer

Fondly We Think We Honor Merit Then, When We But Praise Ourselves In Other Men.

Never Elated When Someone's Oppressed, Never Dejected When Another One's Blessed.

Giving Advice Is Many Times Only The Privilege Of Saying A Foolish Thing One's Self, Under The Pretense Of Hindering Another From Doing One.

A Wise Physician, Skill'd Our Wounds To Heal, Is More Than Armies To The Public Weal.

By Music Minds An Equal Temper Know, Nor Swell Too High, Nor Sink Too Low. . . . . Warriors She Fires With Animated Sounds. Pours Balm Into The Bleeding Lover's Wounds.