There Is Nothing So Fleeting As The

Like Other Men, I Have Sought Honours And Preferment, And Often Have Obtained Them Beyond My Wishes Or Hopes. Yet Never Have I Found In Them That Content Which I Had Figured Beforehand In My Mind. A Strong Reason, If We Well Consider It, Why We Should Disencumber Ourselves Of Vain Desires.

...be More Guided By Hope Than Fear.

By Numberless Examples It Will Evidently Appear That Human Affairs Are As Subject To Change And Fluctuation As The Waters Of The Sea Agitated By The Winds.

To Give Vent Now And Then To His Feelings, Whether Of Pleasure Or Discontent, Is A Great Ease To A Man's Heart.

The Return We Reap From Generous Actions Is Not Always Evident.