An Old Doting Fool, With

He Is A Fool Who Leaves Things Close At Hand To Follow What Is Out Of Reach.

The State Of Life Is Most Happy Where Superfluities Are Not Required And Necessities Are Not Wanting.

Prosperity Has This Property, It Puffs Up Narrow Souls, Makes Them Imagine Themselves High And Mighty, And Look Down Upon The World With Contempt; But A Truly Noble And Resolved Spirit Appears Greatest In Distress, And Then Becomes More Bright And Conspicuous.

Lycurgus Being Asked Why He, Who In Other Respects Appeared To Be So Zealous For The Equal Rights Of Men, Did Not Make His Government Democratical Rather Than Oligarchical, "go You," Replied The Legislator, "and Try A Democracy In Your Own House.

The Worship Most Acceptable To God Comes From A Thankful And Cheerful Heart.