Truly, a command of gall cannot be obeyed like one of sugar. A man must require just and reasonable things if he would see the scales of obedience properly trimmed. From orders which are improper, springs resistance, which is not easily overcome.

It has always been more difficult for a man to keep than to get for, in the one case, fortune aids, which often assists injustice but, in the other case, sense is required. Therefore, we often see a person deficient in cleverness rise to wealth and then, from want of sense, roll head over heels to the bottom.