Tis The Glory Of A Man To

Speak Properly, And In As Few Words As You Can, But Always Plainly; For The End Of Speech Is Not Ostentation, But To Be Understood.

Wit Gives An Edge To Sense, And Recommends It Extremely.

Hasty Resolutions Are Of The Nature Of Vows, And To Be Equally Avoided.

There Can Be No Friendship Where There Is No Freedom. Friendship Loves A Free Air, And Will Not Be Penned Up In Straight And Narrow Enclosures. It Will Speak Freely, And Act So Too; And Take Nothing Ill Where No Ill Is Meant; Nay, Where It Is, 'twill Easily Forgive, And Forget Too, Upon Small Acknowledgments.

Show Is Not Substance; Realities Govern Wise Men.