The Dignity Of History.

Let No Man Be Sorry He Has Done Good, Because Others Concerned With Him Have Done Evil! If A Man Has Acted Right, He Has Done Well, Though Along; If Wrong, The Sanction Of All Mankind Will Not Justify Him.

Considering The Unforeseen Events Of This World, We Should Be Taught That No Human Condition Should Inspire Men With Absolute Despair.

It Is Not Enough That Your Designs, Nay That Your Actions, Are Intrinsically Good, You Must Take Care They Shall Appear So.

Good-humor Will Even Go So Far As Often To Supply The Lack Of Wit.

There Is A Sort Of Knowledge Beyond The Power Of Learning To Bestow, And This Is To Be Had In Conversation; So Necessary Is This To The Understanding The Characters Of Men, That None Are More Ignorant Of Them Than Those Learned Pedants Whose Lives Have Been Entirely Consumed In Colleges And Among Books; For However Exquisitely Human Nature May Have Been Described By Writers The True Practical System Can Be Learned Only In The World.