As Long As Men Are

Discretion Is The Perfection Of Reason, And A Guide To Us In All The Duties Of Life; Cunning Is A Kind Of Instinct, That Only Looks Out After Our Immediate Interests And Welfare. Discretion Is Only Found In Men Of Strong Sense And Good Understanding; Cunning Is Often To Be Met With In Brutes Themselves, And In Persons Who Are But The Fewest Removes From Them.

We Hope To Grow Old And We Dread Old Age; That Is To Say, We Love Life And We Flee From Death.

We Never Love With All Our Heart And All Our Soul But Once, And That Is The First Time.

They That Have Lived A Single Day Have Lived An Age.

As A Man Falls Out Of Favour And His Wealth Declines, We Discover For The First Time The Ridiculous Aspects Of His Character, Which Were Always There But Which Wealth And Favour Had Concealed.