True Happiness Consists In Being

An Object In Possession Seldom Retains The Same Charm That It Had In Pursuit.

Chance Is A Second Master.

The Perverted Ingenuity Of Man Has Given To Water The Power Of Intoxicating Where Wine Is Not Procured. Western Nations Intoxicate Themselves By Moistened Grain.

Nature Makes Us Buy Her Presents At The Price Of So Many Sufferings That It Is Doubtful Whether She Deserves Most The Name Of Parent Or Stepmother.

And That All Seas Are Made Calme And Still With Oile; And Therefore The Divers Under The Water Doe Spirt And Sprinkle It Abroad With Their Mouthes Because It Dulceth And Allaieth The Unpleasant Nature Thereof, And Carrieth A Light With It.