Toil And Pleasure, In Their Natures Opposite,

The Troubles Which Have Come Upon Us Always Seem More Serious Than Those Which Are Only Threatening.

A Fraudulent Intent, However Carefully Concealed At The Outset, Will Generally, In The End, Betray Itself.

There Is An Old Saying Which, From Its Truth, Has Become Proverbial, That Friendships Should Be Immortal, Enmities Mortal.

Nature Has Ordained That The Man Who Is Pleading His Own Cause Before A Large Audience, Will Be More Readily Listened To Than He Who Has No Object In View Other Than The Public Benefit.

The Study Of History Is The Best Medicine For A Sick Mind; For In History You Have A Record Of The Infinite Variety Of Human Experience Plainly Set Out For All To See; And In That Record You Can Find Yourself And Your Country Both Examples And Warnings; Fine Things To Take As Models, Base Things Rotten Through And Through, To Avoid.