I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.
Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.
Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power!
That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.