Bidden Or Unbidden, God Is

From Hence, No Question, Has Sprung An Observation ... Confirmed Now Into A Settled Opinion, That Some Long Experienced Souls In The World, Before Their Dislodging, Arrive To The Height Of Prophetic Spirits.

Nothing Is So Foolish, They Say, As For A Man To Stand For Office And Woo The Crowd To Win Its Vote, Buy Its Support With Presents, Court The Applause Of All Those Fools And Feel Self-satisfied When They Cry Their Approval, And Then In His Hour Of Triumph To Be Carried Round Like An Effigy For The Public To Stare At, And End Up Cast In Bronze To Stand In The Market Place.

Concealed Talent Brings No Reputation.

It Is Folly Alone That Stays The Fugue Of Youth And Beats Off Touring Old Age.

Great Abundance Of Riches Cannot Be Gathered And Kept By Any Man Without Sin.