Amid The Sufferings Of Life On Earth,

The Agricultural Population Produces The Bravest Men, The Most Valiant Soldiers,46 And A Class Of Citizens The Least Given Of All To Evil Designs.

All Men Possess In Their Bodies A Poison Which Acts Upon Serpents; And The Human Saliva, It Is Said, Makes Them Take To Flight, As Though They Had Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.

It Is This Earth That, Like A Kind Mother, Receives Us At Our Birth, And Sustains Us When Born; It Is This Alone, Of All The Elements Around Us, That Is Never Found An Enemy Of Man.

Accustom Yourself To Master And Overcome Things Of Difficulty; For If You Observe, The Left Hand For Want Of Practice Is Insignificant, And Not Adapted To General Business; Yet It Holds The Bridle Better Than The Right, From Constant Use.

True Glory Consists In Doing What Deserves To Be Written, And Writing What Deserves To Be Read.