And Obstinacy Is The Sister Of Constancy,

We Have The Pleasures Suitable To Our Lot; Let Us Not Usurp Those Of Greatness. Ours Are More Natural And All The More Solid And Sure For Being Humbler. Since We Will Not Do So Out Of Conscience, At Least Out Of Ambition Let Us Reject Ambition.

The Way Of The World Is To Make Laws, But Follow Custom.

To Make A Crooked Stick Straight, We Bend It The Contrary Way.

Those That Will Combat Use And Custom By The Strict Rules Of Grammar Do But Jest

Such As Are In Immediate Fear Of A Losing Their Estates, Of Banishment, Or Of Slavery, Live In Perpetual Anguish, And Lose All Appetite And Repose; Whereas Such As Are Actually Poor, Slaves, Or Exiles, Ofttimes Live As Merrily As Other Folk.