The following is the epitaph of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, according to Cleaveland's "Genealogical History of the Family of Courtenay," p. 142:—

What we gave, we have;

What we spent, we had;

What we left, we lost.

[802:3] Ecce quomodo mundus suis servitoribus reddit mercedem (See how the world its veterans rewards).—Pope: Moral Essays, epistle 1, line 243.

[802:4] Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit.—Probably the origin of the proverb, "All 's well that ends well."

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VAUVENARGUES (Marquis of).  1715-1747.

Great thoughts come from the heart.[803:1]