I Endeavor To Be Wise

It Is Very Unreasonable Of People To Expect One Should Be At Home, Because One Is In The House. Of All Privileges, That Of Invisibility Is The Most Valuable.

I Endeavor To Be Wise When I Cannot Be Merry, Easy When I Cannot Be Glad, Content With What Cannot Be Mended, And Patient When There Be No Redress.

I Always Wish To Find Great Virtues Where There Are Great Talents, And To Love What I Admire.

It Is More To My Personal Happiness And Advantage To Indulge The Love And Admiration Of Excellence, Than To Cherish A Secret Envy Of It.

Among Many Reasons For Being Stupid It May Be Urged, It Is Being Like Other People, And Living Like One's Neighbours, And Indeed Without It, It May Be Difficult To Love Some Neighbours As Oneself: Now Seeing The Necessity Of Being Dull, You Won't, I Hope, Take It Amiss That You Find Me So.