Fortune Soon Tires Of Carrying

The Greatest Wisdom Often Consist In Ignorance.

Never Risk Your Reputation On A Single Shot, For If You Miss The Loss Is Irreparable.

Aspire Rather To Be A Hero Than Merely Appear One.

Make Your Friends Your Teachers And Mingle The Pleasures Of Conversation With The Advantages Of Instruction.

At Twenty A Man Is A Peacock, At Thirty A Lion, At Forty A Camel, At Fifty A Serpent, At Sixty A Dog, At Seventy An Ape, At Eighty A Nothing At All.