A Thousand Years May Elapse Before There

A Contempt Of The Monuments And The Wisdom Of The Past, May Be Justly Reckoned One Of The Reigning Follies Of These Days, To Which Pride And Idleness Have Equally Contributed.

For Patience, Sov'reign O'er Transmuted Ill.

Whatever Is Formed For Long Duration Arrives Slowly To Its Maturity.

As Any Custom Is Disused, The Words That Expressed It Must Perish With It; As Any Opinion Grows Popular, It Will Innovate Speech In The Same Proportion As It Alters Practice.

No Man Likes To Live Under The Eye Of Perpetual Disapprobation.