The Freedom Of Poetic License.

No Man Was Ever Great Without Divine Inspiration. [lat., Nemo Vir Magnus Aliquo Afflatu Divino Unquam Fuit.]

This, Therefore, Is A Law Not Found In Books, But Written On The Fleshly Tablets Of The Heart, Which We Have Not Learned From Man, Received Or Read, But Which We Have Caught Up From Nature Herself, Sucked In And Imbibed; The Knowledge Of Which We Were Not Taught, But For Which We Were Made; We Received It Not By Education, But By Intuition.

Certain Signs Are The Forerunners Of Certain Events.

In Men Of The Highest Character And Noblest Genius There Is To Be Found An Insatiable Desire For Honor, Command, Power, And Glory.

Exercise And Temperance Can Preserve Something Of Our Early Strength Even In Old Age.