I Always Wish To Find Great Virtues

The Outrages Of The Powerful, The Insolence Of The Rich, Scorn Of The Proud, And Malice Of The Uncharitable, All Beating Against The Broken Spirit Of The Unfortunate.

The Muses Crown Virtue When Fortune Refuses To Do It.

I Endeavor To Be Wise When I Cannot Be Merry, Easy When I Cannot Be Glad, Content With What Cannot Be Mended, And Patient When There Be No Redress.

To Judge Therefore Of Shakespeare By Aristotle's Rule Is Like Trying A Man By The Laws Of One Country Who Acted Under Those Of Another.

It Is Very Unreasonable Of People To Expect One Should Be At Home, Because One Is In The House. Of All Privileges, That Of Invisibility Is The Most Valuable.