The moral law of the universe is progress. Every generation that passes
idly over the earth without adding to that progress by one degree
remains uninscribed upon the register of humanity, and the succeeding
generation tramples its ashes as dust.--_Mazzini._
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain
off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it
when it becomes to-day.--_Bulwer-Lytton._
~Promise.~--Promises hold men faster than benefits: hope is a cable and
gratitude a thread.--_J. Petit Senn._
~Proof.~--In the eyes of a wise judge proofs by reasoning are of more
value than witnesses.--_Cicero._
Give me the ocular proof; make me see't; or at the least, so prove it,
that the probation bear no hinge, no loop, to hang a doubt
upon.--_Shakespeare._
~Prosperity.~--Prosperity makes some friends and many
enemies.--_Vauvenargues._
That fortitude which has encountered no dangers, that prudence which has
surmounted no difficulties, that integrity which has been attacked by no
temptation, can at best be considered but as gold not yet brought to the
test, of which therefore the true value cannot be assigned.--_Johnson._
Alas for the fate of men! Even in the midst of the highest prosperity a
shadow may overturn them; but if they be in adverse fortune a moistened
sponge can blot out the picture.--_AEschylus._