Whom Men Fear They Hate,

A True Friend Is Distinguished In The Crisis Of Hazard And Necessity; When The Gallantry Of His Aid May Show The Worth Of His Soul And The Loyalty Of His Heart.

The Idle Mind Knows Not What It Wants.

The Ape, Vilest Of Beasts, How Like To Us.

The Roman State Stands By Ancient Customs, And Its Manhood.

One Man By Delay Restored The State, For He Preferred The Public Safety To Idle Report. [lat., Unus Homo Nobis Cunctando Restituit Rem, Non Ponebat Enim Rumores Ante Salutem.]