If Better Is Possible, Good Is Not

Evils Come Not, Then Our Fears Are Vain; And If They Do Fear But Augments The Pain.

Some Books We Read, Tho' Few There Are That Hit The Happy Point Where Wisdom Joins With Wit.

In Other Men We Faults Can Spy,/ And Blame The Mote That Dims Their Eye;/ Each Little Speck And Blemish Find;/ To Our Own Stronger Errors Blind.

Those Renowned Generals [alexander And Caesar] Received More Faithful Service, And Performed Greater Actions By Means Of The Love Their Soldiers Bore Them, Than They Could Possibly Have Done, If Instead Of Being Beloved And Respected They Had Been Hated And Feared By Those They Commanded.

Beware Of Little Expenses. A Small Leak Will Sink A Great Ship.