Waste No Time With Revolutions That Do

Keep Your Eye Fixed Not So Much On What They [people] Ought In Reason To Do, As On What They Are Likely To Do Based On Their Disposition And Habits.

...be More Guided By Hope Than Fear.

By Numberless Examples It Will Evidently Appear That Human Affairs Are As Subject To Change And Fluctuation As The Waters Of The Sea Agitated By The Winds.

The Return We Reap From Generous Actions Is Not Always Evident.

There Is Nothing So Fleeting As The Memory Of Benefits Received.