Courage would fight, but Discretion won't let him. Cornelius ought to be Tacitus. Pride and the Gout, are seldom cur'd throughout. We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness. A good Example is the best sermon.
Despair ruins some, Presumption many.
A quiet Conscience sleeps in Thunder, but Rest and Guilt live far asunder. He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd. Craft must be at charge for clothes, but Truth can go naked. Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble. Tis doing Good to Man.