Delay In Justice Is Injustice.

Fame Often Rests At First Upon Something Accidental, And Often, Too, Is Swept Away, Or For A Time Removed; But Neither Genius Nor Glory, Is Conferred At Once, Nor Do They Glimmer And Fall, Like Drops In A Grotto, At A Shout.

There Is No Easy Path Leading Out Of Life, And Few Are The Easy Ones That Lie Within It.

Wise Or Unwise, Who Doubts For A Moment That Contentment Is The Cause Of Happiness? Yet The Inverse Is True: We Are Contented Because We Are Happy, And Not Happy Because We Are Contented. Well-regulated Minds May Be Satisfied With A Small Portion Of Happiness; None Can Be Happy With A Small Portion Of Content.

Great Men Lose Somewhat Of Their Greatness By Being Near Us; Ordinary Men Gain Much.

The Writing Of The Wise Are The Only Riches Our Posterity Cannot Squander.