A mighty maze! But not without a plan.

Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.