If Thy Heart Fails Thee, Climb Not

Fear Not, We Are Of The Nature Of The Lion, And Cannot Descend To The Destruction Of Mice And Such Small Beasts.

Though The Sex To Which I Belong Is Considered Weak You Will Nevertheless Find Me A Rock That Bends To No Wind.

The Sea, As Well As The Air, Is A Free And Common Thing To All; And A Particular Nation Cannot Pretend To Have The Right To The Exclusion Of All Others, Without Violating The Rights Of Nature And Public Usage.

[on Being Told Mary, Queen Of Scots, Was Taller Than She:] Then She Is Too High, For I Myself Am Neither Too High Nor Too Low.

This Is The Lord's Doing. And It Is Marvelous In Our Eyes.