If Men Are Wont To

Generosity Is Nothing More Seen Than In A Candid Estimation Of Other Men's Virtues And Good Qualities.

Upright Simplicity Is The Deepest Wisdom, And Perverse Craft The Merest Shallowness.

He Who Loveth A Book Will Never Want A Faithful Friend, A Wholesome Counsellor, A Cheerful Companion, Or An Effectual Comforter.

No Adversity Is In Kind Or Degree Peculiar To Us; But If We Survey The Conditions Of Other Men (of Our Brethren Everywhere, Of Our Neighbours All About Us), And Compare Our Case With Theirs, We Shall Find That We Have Many Consorts And Associates In Adversity, Most As Ill, Many Far Worse Bestead Than Ourselves; Whence It Must Be A Great Fondness And Perverseness To Be Displeased That We Are Not Exempted From, But Exposed To Bear A Share In The Common Troubles And Burdens Of Mankind.

In Defiance Of All The Tortue, Of All The Might, Of All The Malice Of The World, The Liberal Man Will Ever Be Rich; For God's Providence Is His Estate, God's Wisdom And Power Are His Defence, God's Love And Favor Are His Reward, And God's Word Is His Security.