Of What Avail Are Pedigrees?

Pray For A Healthy Mind In A Healthy Body.

There Is Nothing Which Power Cannot Believe Of Itself, When It Is Praised As Equal To The Gods.

Led On By Impulse, And Blind And Ungovernable Desires.

Revenge Is Always The Weak Pleasure Of A Little And Narrow Mind.

Fond Man! Though All The Heroes Of Your Line Bedeck Your Halls, And Round Your Galleries Shine In Proud Display; Yet Take This Truth From Me-- Virtue Alone Is True Nobility!