The People Would Be Just

I Was By Birth A Gentleman, Living Neither In Any Considerable Height Nor Yet In Obscurity.

My Desire Is To Make What Haste I Can To Be Gone.

Does A Man Speak Foolishly?--suffer Him Gladly, For You Are Wise. Does He Speak Erroneously?--stop Such A Man's Mouth With Sound Words That Cannot Be Gainsaid. Does He Speak Truly?--rejoice In The Truth.

Work Hard, Trust In God, And Keep Your Bowels Open.

Necessity Hath No Law. Feigned Necessities, Imaginary Necessities, Are The Greatest Cozenage Men Can Put Upon The Providence Of God, And Make Pretences To Break Known Rules By.