Number is the within of all things.
Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.