The Proper Work Of Man,

The Reading Of Books, What Is It But Conversing With The Wisest Men Of All Ages And All Countries.

That In Affairs Of Very Considerable Importance Men Should Deal With One Another With Satisfaction Of Mind, And Mutual Confidence, They Must Receive Competent Assurances Concerning The Integrity, Fidelity, And Constancy Each Of Other.

Even Private Persons In Due Season, With Discretion And Temper, May Reprove Others, Whom They Observe To Commit Sin, Or Follow Bad Courses, Out Of Charitable Design, And With Hope To Reclaim Them.

Slander Is A Complication, A Comprisal And Sum Of All Wickedness.

As A Stick, When Once It Is Dry And Stiff You May Break It, But You Can Never Bend It Into A Straighter Posture; So Doth The Man Become Incorrigible Who Is Settled And Stiffened Into Vice.