I Endeavor To Be Wise

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.

She Kindly Laments That I Am Not Of The Party, And To Be Sure I Honour Great Ladies, And I Admire Great Wits, But I Am Of The Same Opinion In Regard To Assemblies That Is Held Concerning Oysters, That They Are Never Good In A Month That Has Not The Letter R In It.

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.

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.

I Often Think That Those People Are The Happiest Who Know Nothing At All Of The World, And Sitting In The Little Empire Of The Fireside, Where There Is No Contention Or Cabal, Think We Are In A Golden Age Of Existance.