There Is Nothing So Fleeting As The

Pay No Heed To Those Who Tell You That They Have Relinquished Place And Power Of Their Own Accord, And From Their Love Of Quiet. For Almost Always They Have Been Brought To This Retirement By Their Insufficiency And Against Their Will.

...be More Guided By Hope Than Fear.

The Affairs Of This World Are So Shifting And Depend On So Many Accidents, That It Is Hard To Form Any Judgment Concerning The Future; Nay, We See From Experience That The Forecasts Even Of The Wise Almost Always Turn Out False.

Experience Has Always Shown, And Reason Also, That Affairs Which Depend On Many Seldom Succeed.

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.