What I Am To Be, I Am

The Pleasures Of This World Are Rather From God's Goodness Than Our Own Merit.

In Prosperous Fortunes Be Modest And Wise, The Greatest May Fall, And The Lowest May Rise: But Insolent People That Fall In Disgrace, Are Wretched And Nobody Pities Their Case.

The Way To Be Safe Is Never To Be Secure.

In The Affairs Of This World, Men Are Saved Not By Faith, But By The Want Of It.

Those Who Govern, Having Much Business On Their Hands, Do Not Generally Like To Take The Trouble Of Considering And Carrying Into Execution New Projects. The Best Public Measures Are Therefore Seldom Adopted From Previous Wisdom, But Forced By The Occasion.