One Believes In What One Wants To

It Is Not Possible To Found A Lasting Power Upon Injustice, Perjury, And Treachery. These May, Perhaps, Succeed For Once, And Borrow For Awhile, From Hope, A Gay And Flourishing Appearance. But Time Betrays Their Weakness, And They Fall Into Ruin Of Themselves. For, As In Structures Of Every Kind, The Lower Parts Should Have The Greatest Firmness--so The Grounds And Principles Of Actions Should Be Just And True.

By Persistent Labor Man May Attain To All Excellence.

Small Opportunities Are Often The Beginning Of Great Enterprises.

Great And Unexpected Successes Are Often The Cause Of Foolish Rushing Into Acts Of Extravagance.

No Man Who Is Not Willing To Help Himself Has Any Right To Apply To His Friends, Or To The Gods.