He That Lives Well, Is Learned Enough.

Promises May Get Thee Friends, But Non-performance Will Turn Them Into Enemies.

Those Disputing, Contradicting, And Confuting People Are Generally Unfortunate In Their Affairs. They Get Victory, Sometimes, But They Never Get Good Will, Which Would Be Of More Use To Them.

Pride Is Said To Be The Last Vice The Good Man Gets Clear Of.

Furnished As All Europe Now Is With Academies Of Science, With Nice Instruments And The Spirit Of Experiment, The Progress Of Human Knowledge Will Be Rapid And Discoveries Made Of Which We Have At Present No Conception. I Begin To Be Almost Sorry I Was Born So Soon, Since I Cannot Have The Happiness Of Knowing What Will Be Known A Hundred Years Hence.

Wink At Small Faults; Remember Thou Hast Great Ones.